Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Our First Visitors, the Final Days 4-5!

As the weekend wound down, we were all getting a little restless, so a Sunday morning hike was definitely overdue! We all met in Los Gatos on Sunday morning and hit the trail! We brought the dogs, and it was quite the trek! 
 
 
 
The views in the area are just unreal. We are really lucky to be living here!

After the hike, we decided to take a leisurely drive out to Santa Cruz. It was a beautiful (cold) day at the beach. We even stumbled upon a kayak surf competition and walked around the Santa Cruz Surf Museum.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We hit the pier for a late lunch at Stagnaro Bros. Restaurant. They had the most delicious smoked salmon, oh my. It was so freaking good!
 
There were even some lazy sea lions sun bathing. They are really like dog mermaids. Think about it...
 
 
We then cruised to Capitola and walked around the village.  It was just so nice to be with the family at the beach again. It had been too long!
 
 
 We called it an early evening, everyone was exhauted from the previous days adventures. Momadear and Granddaddy had an early flight, and my mom had a later flight, so I got to spend Monday with her. We went shopping (duh!) It was so nice to get to spend a few extra hours with just her. I really do miss everyone, but we really love living here. Its so crazy how your heart can be pulled in two different states!
The weekend was just fabulous and I cannot wait until they come to visit again!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Sunday Funday at Castle Rock State Park

one of the best things about northern california is definitely the weather. we keep finding ourselves craving to spend our days outside, exploring our new home. sunday was no different.

we decided to take a hike.. so off to yelp we went! (we seriously yelp EVERYTHING now!) and found what seemed to be a good hike, so we grabbed our sunday breakfast (bagels and coffee at this place by our house) and headed out.

the drive was SO pretty- long, winding roads that lead us up the mountains. i was concentrating on not throwing up my breakfast, while colby was trying to figure out if there were bears. (seriously) 

the hike was so incredibly beautiful. every time we turned a corner we were just in awe. we seriously are enjoying living in this part of the country! here are a few pics! enjoy!
 
 
 
 
hope you all had a great weekend! valentines day is right around the corner! i can't wait to give colby his gift!