Dopey's Girl
10-17-2009, 09:34 PM
I think today may have to be one of my favorite vacation days of all time! It was so much fun.
We woke up and had breakfast here at the hotel (at the coffee shop) and then headed out to Santa Monica. We parked and headed straight for the water. HOLY COW IT'S COLD!!! But the waves were so cool...I can't be the only one who loves that sound. We watched people surf and play in the water for a while, then hit the pier. We sat at the end of the pier, listened to steel drum music, watched a seal play, and just enjoyed the people. Then we had lunch at Merisols...yummy!
We said goodbye to the pier and headed north on PCH to Malibu. We found a vineyard (Malibu Wines) and did a tasting. I don't have the room in my bag to get one home (plus I don't want broken wine bottles in my luggage) so I will have to get some shipped home. They were all so good...it was lots of fun!
We left and headed back towards LA, stopping for some fresh berries on the way, traffic was yucky, and we were bored sitting in the car, so we got off the 101 and headed towards the Hollywood sign. We snapped some pics and headed back towards the 101. On our way we spotted a place called House of Pie. I don't know about you, but we couldn't pass that up, so in for pie we went. SO GOOD!!! We put the address in the GPS...might have to go back there!
It was just one of those fun, fly by the seat of your pants kinds of vacation days! Those are just my favorite!
Now we are back in the room resting, trying to figure out what we want to do tonight. Tomorrow is the San Diego Zoo, and I can't wait!!
My Cali observations of the day. 1) Traffic here is nuts. 2) Some of the people who drive motorcycles here are even more nuts. 3) Pie is good!
Thanks for reading...more tomorrow!
We woke up and had breakfast here at the hotel (at the coffee shop) and then headed out to Santa Monica. We parked and headed straight for the water. HOLY COW IT'S COLD!!! But the waves were so cool...I can't be the only one who loves that sound. We watched people surf and play in the water for a while, then hit the pier. We sat at the end of the pier, listened to steel drum music, watched a seal play, and just enjoyed the people. Then we had lunch at Merisols...yummy!
We said goodbye to the pier and headed north on PCH to Malibu. We found a vineyard (Malibu Wines) and did a tasting. I don't have the room in my bag to get one home (plus I don't want broken wine bottles in my luggage) so I will have to get some shipped home. They were all so good...it was lots of fun!
We left and headed back towards LA, stopping for some fresh berries on the way, traffic was yucky, and we were bored sitting in the car, so we got off the 101 and headed towards the Hollywood sign. We snapped some pics and headed back towards the 101. On our way we spotted a place called House of Pie. I don't know about you, but we couldn't pass that up, so in for pie we went. SO GOOD!!! We put the address in the GPS...might have to go back there!
It was just one of those fun, fly by the seat of your pants kinds of vacation days! Those are just my favorite!
Now we are back in the room resting, trying to figure out what we want to do tonight. Tomorrow is the San Diego Zoo, and I can't wait!!
My Cali observations of the day. 1) Traffic here is nuts. 2) Some of the people who drive motorcycles here are even more nuts. 3) Pie is good!
Thanks for reading...more tomorrow!