So...with that said - here is a brain dump of some events past!
4th of July weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Dave has had this idea to go "camping" for a while now. While there were no tents involved, we did rent a cabin out in the woods and spend a weekend "with nature". An 8 hour car drive later, we found ourselves home away from home in a cabin in Blueridge, Georgia.
We spent the holiday weekend hanging out in a very modern cabin, cooking, grilling, hiking, tubing, and watching fireworks.
Long weekend trip out to California to meet up with my parents:
Back in the middle of July, my parents flew out to San Francisco to spend a week or so visiting my mom's sister and her husband. I decided to fly out for a long weekend and spend a few days hanging out with them, check out the sites, and see my aunt and uncle who I hadn't seen in a year or so.
Saturday, we got up and made our way down the Pacific Coast Highway with our ultimate destination being Hearst Castle. The road was definitely windy (twists and turns, not wind gusty) but very pretty. My parents had made the drive a few years back and had great memories of this roadside restaurant they had stopped at. Of course we didnt know the name of the place and we werent sure what city it was in, but we figured if we drove long enough, we'dhave to run into it sooner or later. Well...turns out it was further south than we expected, so we had to stop earlier in the drive to get lunch. After a pretty disappointing lunch at some random grill in Big Sur, the restaurant of my parents' previous trip appeared some miles down the road. We stopped for coffee and to soak in the views of the Pacific Ocean.
Back on the road, we continued the drive to our hotel for the evening. At the end of the day, I think we had been on the road for 6-7 hours...I can't really remember, but I know it was long.
We checked into our hotel, drove around town and settled on a local Chinese restaurant for dinner. We turned in for the night and headed out the next morning to take a tour of Hearst Castle.
Once we made it back into San Francisco, we met up with my other aunt who lives in the area and we had dinner. Next day...more family eating! We skipped breakfast on Monday in preparation for a buffet lunch. Good thing because there was a lot of food. There also was a huge (taking up an entire separate banquet room huge) party there and the staff couldn't keep up with the food. They were literally RUNNING from the kitchen to the stations to refill all the entrees. I have to say, it was a good thing we got there early because there were huge lines once they got there.
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