Central Coast

For his birthday, Kevin's dad gave him an awesome gift certificate for a weekend away to Cambria. It has been a busy summer, but we were excited to get away just the two of us. We love doing things with Lily, and we have a great time, but not only was it great to reconnect just us, we were able to do things in the middle of the afternoon instead of just waiting for her nap to be over.

We headed us the coast on Sunday afternoon for a beautiful cool drive. We had a great dinner in town included in our getaway package.
The next day after breakfast at the lodge, we went for a stroll along the board walk path at Moonstone beach. We didn't follow the entire way but still had a nice long walk. We headed down to the water to look at the tide pools. I must admit, this is probably the only part where I missed Lily. We saw squirrels, rabbits, deer, elephant seals, crabs, sea anemones, and so much wildlife, I would have loved to have pointed it out to her. But I was quickly over it.

We drove up a little to Hearst Beach. The sun was shining but it was still pretty cool. I used my sweater as a scarf to block some of the wind.

We went even further north and found the Elephant Seal viewing. The beach was not as full as other times in the year, but we watched them flop around a play for a while. They reminded us a lot of our dogs when the wrestle.


We headed back to town to pick up mochas for a snack and took the back to the lodge. Just outside out room/cottage there was a private little patio garden with a bistro set. I was a beautiful location for a coffee break.
In the afternoon we joined up with Kevin's sister and brother in law for wine tasting. The package included tastings at 6 wineries, but we only visited two.

We took our time at Harmonie Cellars in Harmony, population 8. The view was nice and the weather gorgeous.

That evening we had a beautiful dinner at the lodge, followed by some live entertainment. The entertainment wasn't stellar, but the company was great.


I always like to head to the coast in the summer and breathe in the fresh, cool, coastal air. It was not so great to head back home to the triple digit heat.