A BUSY WEEKEND

STARTING FRIDAY WITH A TRIP DOWN THE COAST,

STOPPING IN PACIFIC GROVE AT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE EATING PLACES, FOR BREAKFAST.

NEXT STOP,THE FAMOUS PICTURE TAKING BRIDGE.  I THINK IT'S CALLED BIXBY BRIDGE.

I LOVE THIS TUNNEL,
SHORT BUT UNIQUE, WITH OPENINGS
ON THE OCEAN SIDE.

IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THE COAST ON HIGHWAY 1,
YOU REALLY SHOULD STOP AT RAGGED POINT.
IF NOT FOR THE VIEWS, OR THE GARDENS,
THEN  FOR THEIR FABULOUS COFFEE.

A MUST IS A STOP AT POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS

IT SEEMS NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF YEAR, YOU WILL SEE ELEPHANT SEALS INHABITING THE BEACH, SOMETIMES HUNDREDS AND SOMETIMES THOUSANDS.  JANUARY THROUGH MAY IS THE TIME FOR THOUSANDS.

JUST LOOK!

THEY COVERED THE BEACHES

AS FAR AS YOU COULD SEE IN EACH DIRECTION.


NO SEALS HERE!
THIS IS THE BEACH ADJACENT
TO OUR HOTEL FOR THE NIGHT, IN CAMBRIA. 

I'M TITLING THIS PICTURE
"THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA"

THE NEXT MORNING FOUND US BACK ON THE COASTAL HIGHWAY PAST ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES, MORRO BAY, TO OUR FINAL DESTINATION, AND REASON FOR THE TRIP,

 ANOTHER SHOWER FOR ABBEY AND BABY RAE.

ABBEY'S AUNTS AND A FEW OF HER COUSINS WERE THERE.
DORIAN AND HER SISTERS SURE LOOK ALIKE, DON'T THEY?
I THINK RAE NOW HAS ENOUGH CLOTHES TO BE DRESSED
IN A NEW OUTFIT EVERY HOUR
FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS:)
WHO CAN RESIST A DARLING BABY OUTFIT?
FROM THE LOOKS OF WHAT SHE RECEIVED AT THE SHOWER,
OBVIOUSLY NOT THESE LADIES.

 TODAY WAS MOTHER'S DAY

AND WE TRAVELED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE COAST

FOR A MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH.

CRAIG MADE HIS CREATIVE VERSION OF EGGS BENEDICT,

AND SERVED THEM WITH HIS WONDERFUL ROSEMARY POTATOES,

OH, AND FOR THE ADULTS, A MINT JULEP

IN HONOR OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

YUMMY!!!

I HAVE NO PICTURES OF CHEF CRAIG,

BUT DID GET SOME OF OUR PASTRY CHEF, BIANCA,

AS SHE PUT TOGETHER THE CREPES
 FOR DESSERT.

ONCE AGAIN
YUMMY!

WHAT A WONDERFUL
FULL  FILLING WEEKEND!