This weekend was a blast! We met up with one of my best friends (Allison) and her hubby Rod, Eric and Gretchen (Jimmy and I met at their wedding), and 2 other couples. We went to the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, the Mystery Spot, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, saw the Elephant seals along the beach (they smelled horrible by the way), drove the most beautiful drive in the country (Highway 1...a 2.5 hour drive along the cliffs off the coast of California) stopping for tons of pictures along the way, Hearst Castle (and we saw wild zebras--no joke!), and to a few California missions from the 1700s. It was an amazing trip and so much fun to be with old friends and enjoy the beauty of CA.
Jimmy and Rod singing at the Kereoke Bar
The whole gang singing "The Love Shack"
CA sunset on our way home
So these random zebras were along the side of the road. They are wild and tend to hang out with the cattle.
You'd think were were in Africa or something
Here is an indoor pool at Hearst Castle (the floor is made of gold)
Dining room
The beautiful Hearst Castle
One of the pools at Hearst Castle (me and Gretta)
One of the guest houses
One of the bridges along Hwy 1
another CA mission
me with all the nasty elephant seals along the coast
Beautiful drive
CA mission
Cathedral
I didn't know they had whtie-sand beaches in CA
my cutie hubby
us at Carmel
This looks like Sunset Beach in Hawaii
some of the pretty fish and kelp forest at the aquarium
This little sea lion was tapping his blue ball on the window. It was so cute!
The jellyfish were the coolest! Jimmy, me, Allison, Rod
The mystery spot
I'm actually standing on a ladder against the wall here...
Jimmy inside the myster shack...for some reason he didn't fall over (Allison in background making a weird face)
Here's Jimmy walking against the wall of the mystery shack
The whole gang. Basically the mystery spot is a place where due to optical illusions and the theory of relativity, things aren't as they seem. You can walk on walls, stand crooked, balls roll uphill, etc. I still can't quite figure it out!
Jimmy and Rod singing at the Kereoke Bar
The whole gang singing "The Love Shack"
CA sunset on our way home 
So these random zebras were along the side of the road. They are wild and tend to hang out with the cattle.
You'd think were were in Africa or something
Here is an indoor pool at Hearst Castle (the floor is made of gold)
Dining room
The beautiful Hearst Castle
One of the pools at Hearst Castle (me and Gretta)
One of the guest houses
One of the bridges along Hwy 1
another CA mission
me with all the nasty elephant seals along the coast
Beautiful drive
CA mission
Cathedral
I didn't know they had whtie-sand beaches in CA
my cutie hubby
us at Carmel
This looks like Sunset Beach in Hawaii
some of the pretty fish and kelp forest at the aquarium
This little sea lion was tapping his blue ball on the window. It was so cute!
The jellyfish were the coolest! Jimmy, me, Allison, Rod
The mystery spot
I'm actually standing on a ladder against the wall here...
Jimmy inside the myster shack...for some reason he didn't fall over (Allison in background making a weird face)
Here's Jimmy walking against the wall of the mystery shack
The whole gang. Basically the mystery spot is a place where due to optical illusions and the theory of relativity, things aren't as they seem. You can walk on walls, stand crooked, balls roll uphill, etc. I still can't quite figure it out!
2 comments:
oh i love that drive!! we did the same thing a few years ago...before kids...but missed out on the zebras...too bad, that would have completed the trip! Oh how I miss CA! Glad you had fun.
I LOVE the picture of you two in front of the fish at the aquarium. So coo! You guys seem to have so much fun together.
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