Vacation Sunday

Breanne organized a fantastic Easter egg hunt for the kids at their rental house a few miles down the road in Manchester. 

 Egg hunt bags stuffed with loot

The kids were thrilled with their bags (rather than baskets), the huge hunt area and their “loot” (mostly fun rocks/gems and small toys).

We had lunch back at Pt Arena Pier and 

Isaac “King of the Rock”

Isaac talked his mom into letting everyone explore the nearby beach and stream. 

 Jac crossing the stream with a hand from Garrett 

Bonus: no one fell in the icy cold water!

We finished up with a tour of the lighthouse 

before hanging out the rest of the day at our house, while the kids played (they get along super well) and the grownups told family stories. 

 Breanne, Teena and me

Tomorrow is Skunk Train day! So excited. 

Egg hunt:

The boys hanging out on the back deck

 Teena and Breanne

 Isaac, 7, Leo, 13, Jac, 7

 Huge back yard!

 Adults staying safely out of the way during the hunt

 Travis, 12

 Travis and Breanne

 Issac and Mike

Beach and Stream:

 Jac and Leo

 Wave watching and rock throwing. What a great day

Lighthouse Tour:

 View from the entrance gate

 Jac and Leo

 Jac doesn’t like heights but decided she wanted to climb the lighthouse anyway. She made it halfway up before she got scared. Proud of her for trying!

 Built in 1869

  View of our house from the tower

Flowers from Breanne’s yard:

Happy Easter, y’all!

We Made It!

Today’s drive was shorter mileage-wise but those twisty, narrow roads had us going slooooooowwww. 

Double-decker bridge near San Rafael

88 miles took over 2 1/2 hours (compared to yesterday’s 60 miles in 60 minutes, even in the rain.) But it was almost all ocean-view, all the way, which made it so much nicer. 

We stopped for lunch in Bodega Bay, where a seal entertained us through the window, and the nearby ocean views were spectacular.

The girls slept for the twistyest part 

and when they woke up,

we’d arrived at our home-away-from-home for the next four days. 

Not bad, huh?

We stayed at Pt Arena Lighthouse once before, in 2010 with hubby’s brother and SIL.

Our backyard view

This time, my sister and her husband drove down from Oregon to share our 3-bedroom Lighthouse Keeper’s House

Exploring

and niece, Breanne, and family are renting another house nearby. 

We had time tonight for dinner 

Sunset by the pier

and a chat but the real fun starts tomorrow.

Egg hunt, Skunk train, giraffes, glass beach and more coming right up. 

Road Trip

Spent the day in the car, 

driving to the halfway point of our trip. 

Fortunately, the girls are good travelers,

even when I restrict their iPad/phone time to “just” 2 hours,

and make them entertain themselves the other 2 hours. 

1) iPad. 2) new toys. 3) cookies and zucchini bread. 4) Chromebook.

Poor babies. 😂😂

The last hour and a half it rained so hard the wipers had trouble keeping up. Kinda glad the kids were entertained since the adults were a tad stressed distracted.

We stopped to pick up dinner before we checked in to the hotel, Jac looked up, frowned, said “I didn’t know it was raining…”  Only for the last few HOURS, kid. 😂😂