Vacation in California

     Craig and I took a little vacation to California this past week to visit his mom up north in Humboldt county, stay with a friend there, and then visit friends in San Francisco! I had never been to San Francisco before, so it was all the more titillating.

     First we flew over some very cool scenic sights, then landed in San Francisco where we extemporaneously rented a Prius suggested by the rental car agent which was amazing, rolled down it's windows because it was near 70 degrees(!), and stopped to have some Thai food for lunch before proceeding over the Golden Gate Bridge to begin the 6 hour drive up north. I was really excited to be in that warm weather and see the buildings painted in such colorful colors.

     The drive up 101 went by pretty quickly. I realized that I think it was because I was just so comfortable in that Prius. And Craig did a good job of driving. We wound our way through some redwoods and stopped when we needed breaks. We really enjoyed our time in Eureka and Arcata.

I love this frozen yogurt so much!! And I've never even been that big of a frozen yogurt fan! Except TCBY's white chocolate mousse! This tops that though because it's an independent store, they have non-dairy and organic flavors, on-the-spot-prepared waffle cones and my newly found delight of toffee bits topping. I always got the berry and non-dairy vanilla flavors of the day swirled. (Day #1: organic mixed berry and coconut milk-based vanilla; Day #2: organic blueberry and almond milk-based vanilla.)

Then there's the best burrito I've ever had in my life from La Chiquita taco truck in Arcata. 2nd time around proves it again. 1st time was 3 years ago.

Neat to see all the vineyards in Sonoma County.

Sunset in San Francisco

So many things were in bloom in San Francisco. What a treat.

Our flight was canceled two days in a row trying to get back to Seattle because of the snow blunder, but it didn't even matter because that meant we got to spend more time with great friends in the city and their silly cats!

And while I really enjoyed the warm'ish weather in California (it didn't stay 70'ish for long and we had a stormy night while in San Francisco), I also enjoy blustery, rainy Seattle-area. Today I really felt the need for my whole rain suit to take care of some things outside because it was raining sideways starting in the morning.