Our marriage is three years old next month, but we decided to get away early while the quarter was still "slow." The quarter is never slow, but 2 weeks in is slower than 6 weeks in..so we took our opportunity and ran with it.
We started out by driving up to Oak Park on Wednesday and I got a facial..so wonderful!! We had dinner with the Coopers and went right to bed knowing we had a lot of driving ahead of us. Plus, the power went out that evening--have you ever considered how little there is to do after 10:00 with no electricity?
After a quick jog on Thursday morning, we drove up to Half Moon Bay - a piece of heaven!! We enjoyed smores, a walk along the cliff with the crashing waves below, sunshine, a fire pit, a tasty dinner and a cute movie.
Friday we drove again! This time we landed in Palo Alto and Cupertino. We saw the headquarters of Apple, cheered on UCI at the Challenge 4 Charity competition hosted by Stanford's business school, walked around at a cute mall, strolled the streets of downtown Palo Alto, rooted for Corgan (Matt's cousin) at his baseball game and tried to go for a long run (not very successful when you don't know the area too well).
After that we drove down to Carmel and enjoyed a lovely breakfast with goal setting for the next year.
As we headed back south, we took the long, winding road along the coast toward Cambria. We saw sea lions sunbathing, lots of beautful rocks and cliffs and enjoyed a delicious tri-tip snadwich. Our final destination was Woodland Hills for dinner with the Poladians. Whew.... over 800 miles of driving. We had a lot of time for talking and reflecting. I was so thankful to have 4 days with Matthew! Enjoy the pictures below (in no particular order!)
