Making every weekend an adventure

Ok, so it's my turn for a post.  If you can't tell by the poor grammar and spelling mistakes....it's Jeff.  Anyway....one of the things we really focused on with this move is "making every weekend an adventure".  One of my colleagues moved his family here and spent every weekend making sure to explore the area.  That sounded great to us, so we decided to steal the idea and really take advantage of our time here.  We had originally planned on spending the weekend in Arnold CA, out by Calaveras Big Trees State Park which is a huge Sequoia grove...well, the "Rim Fire" really f'd up those plans and we had to cancel due to air quality issues.  So what do you do during a long weekend with no plans?  Well, here is what we did:

Saturday

We hit Gilroy Gardens which is kind of like a Bay Area version of "Storyland" in New Hampshire but with nicer landscaping and food options.  Needless to say, the little one LOVES this place and pretty much kooked out until she was so tired we were a walking meltdown.  Good times.  After that we hit the Gilroy shopping outlets for some retail therapy.....which was great, score one for Jeff on the clearance rack.

Sunday

Ridiculous day on Sunday.  We went to Muir Woods, which is a redwood grove and "old growth" forest.  So cool.  Like, you can't even imagine how cool it is if you've never been there.  We go there right when it opened and got to walk around the park before the masses arrived.  Picture below, doesn't even do it justice

We left there and headed to the Marin Headlands and got a chance to see the Golden Gate bridge from the North Side and check out the amazing fog blowing into the Bay.  Again, pictures don't do it justice.

And yes....by the time we left here, we were toast.  T-O-A-S-T

Monday

On the third day the rested.  We had aggressive plans to got to Half Moon Bay with friends but all parties decided it was better to punt and relax.  Around 1pm after being so stir crazy we did go out for a little walk at the Almaden Quicksilver Trail which was very cool and a great view of the Almaden Hills.  No pictures though....I'd had enough of the camera.

So there you have it, we recovered from having to reschedule our plans and make up an ad hoc plan for the long weekend.  This weekend we'll probably hit the beach (it's supposed to be HOT) and futz around the house a bit....

More soon!