Our fun weekend continued with a family road trip to Big Sur and Capitola. We've visited the Big Sur River Inn before, but it had been a while. The drive through Monterey, Carmel and the rest of Highway 1 was proving to be a very chilly day. We were driving through sheets of fog and the temperature outside was around 58 degrees outside, but by the time we parked the car at the River Inn it 75 degrees. Yay!
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| Chairs sitting in the river you can eat lunch in or just relax |
If you've never been to the River Inn, I'd highly recommend it. It's a great day trip for all us Bay Area folks. They have this old blue truck they've converted into an ice cream truck, the restaurant and Inn of course, a Valero gas station (which by the way has the most expensive gas we've ever seen at way over $5 a gallon), a very small grocery store and a small art gallery.
The grocery store offers a burrito bar, pizza bar other fun lunch options. There are plenty of tables you can use outside or you can take your lunch down to the grassy area to picnic or plop right down on one of these chairs and put your feet in the river water. The restaurant has a great indoor space and even better outdoor patio area. We opted to sit outdoors and had a yummy lunch.
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| Post lunch photo op (photo credit by the hubby) |
The boys loved the river. We took our shoes off and played in the freezing water for about 10 minutes. The rocks were slippery and it was very challenging to watch both of them at the same time so off we went back to the car.
Our drive back home was extremely quiet (YAY) and peaceful. The boys feel asleep so we were able to enjoy some much needed quiet time. I hopped out of the car to take a photo of the beautiful Bixby Bridge on the way back from Big Sur. It was very chilly out (just around 3 miles from the River Inn) but the view was amazing! Crazy what a difference 3 miles is.
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| Bixby Bridge built in 1932 |
On our drive home we decided the boys needed to run around a bit because we'd been in the car for so many hours already. We decided to stop off in Capitola and try to find a fun park for the boys. We weren't successful in finding a park but we did find a fun grassy area a block away from the beach that we were able to play on. Could Noah be excited? Nah...
For dinner we grabbed a salad and a couple of slices of pizza from Pizza My Heart and then headed home. Minus the car ride, we had a fantastic family day.
Should we be doubting our upcoming Seattle drive and fly? UGH!
I always tell the hubby, I don't care what we do as long as we're together.
xoxo
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