After work on Friday, John & I drove to Avila Beach on the Central CA Coast. We checked in and settled into our room. John passed out pretty fast, but I stayed up watching Love Actually. I’ve seen it tons of times, but I love that movie!
On Saturday, we got up early and had continental breakfast. Around 10:30am, we headed down to Pismo Beach to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. Wow, I’d never seen that many butterflies in one place! I thought I had, but nope… there were about 17,000 butterflies at this location! Most were huddled in the trees, but many were taking flight in the warm sunny skies!
For lunch, John & I went to Alex’s BBQ in Pismo. I had grilled cheese!!!! Yum! After lunch, we drove to San Simeon to see the Elephant and Harbor Seals. There were hundreds, and they were so much fun to watch! I loved seeing them move around the beach… those huge, adorable blubbery creatures! I just love them, esp the Harbor Seals!
We peed at the Hurst Castle welcome center, then headed down to Cambria in search of Ice Cream Sundaes (which we didn’t find). We wandered around a bit, then drove down to San Luis Obispo and walked around downtown to find dinner. We ended up at the Big Sky Cafe. Damn good food! I highly recommend it!
We then saw Zack and Miri at the Fremont / Mission Theatre. It was freakin’ hilarious! There was one quick scene that I could have done without; but overall, it was a kick ass funny movie! Stay for the credits!
We were pretty tired after the movie, so headed back to our suite at the San Luis Bay Inn to relax. I watched Legally Blond, then passed out.
This morning, we got up pretty early and drove to Solvang for breakfast. I got the House Breakfast: an aebleskiver, french toast and a pancake. YUM!!!!! After breakfast, we walked around town for a bit, hitting up the shops that looked interesting. Lots of cool stuff, but nothing I wanted to buy. John got some nice jeans though. Unfortunately, we skimped on lunch and chose a $1 western themed restaurant. $1 egg salad isn’t very good. $1 grilled chicken isn’t very good (according to John) and $2 curly fries are AWFUL! We should have gone to a Danish restaurant for lunch. Bah!
We headed home after lunch, arriving around 6pm. We didn’t have much time at home since we had to meet Dad, Lyse, and KC at Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks for dinner at 7pm. I had a great watermelon coconut margarita! The food was great too! After dinner, we came home to rest. I’m typing this and watching My Fair Wedding. I really like this show. Heading to bed after. Night!
Nov 23 2008