A terrific visit! I'll try to let the pictures tell the story.
Garrett came up to visit with Grandma, and we managed to talk her into posing in this four-generations shot along with Nia. Stormy is the granddog who will really miss going on walks with Grandma.
We drove the stomach-wrenching roads up to visit the redwoods in
Big Basin state park on our way over to the coast on Friday.
Dara and Mom hiked us through several miles of muddy but picturesque trails through the redwoods to find Sempervirens Falls.
Here is the
Seven Gables Inn we stayed at in Pacific Grove. I tried to capture as many gables as possible!
And this is the view from Mom's room. It took some convincing to pry her out of there.
On Saturday, we headed further down the coast, stopping at
Point Lobos State Reserve on the way. We spied three otters playing in the kelp beds and spent some time watching them cavort around.
We drove down below Big Sur to
Nepenthe for lunch. Dara and I have great memories of washing up into Nepenthe like drowned rats when it rained for three straight days on us while camping at Big Sur in 1980. Fortunately the weather with Mom was georgeous, but a bit cold.
On the way back north, we stopped in Carmel to tour
Tor House, a wonderful stone house built by hand by California poet Robinson Jeffers. They only do tours in groups of six people on Fridays and Saturdays, and we just kind of stumbled upon it in a guide book. Great history, literature, and architecture all rolled into one! That evening we drove back along 17 Mile Drive, past the Lone Cypress and Pebble Beach golf course, to have dinner in Carmel.
Here's Mom and me at Lover's Point in Pacific Grove, about a block from where we were staying.
Garrett came up to visit with Grandma, and we managed to talk her into posing in this four-generations shot along with Nia. Stormy is the granddog who will really miss going on walks with Grandma.
We drove the stomach-wrenching roads up to visit the redwoods in Big Basin state park on our way over to the coast on Friday.
Dara and Mom hiked us through several miles of muddy but picturesque trails through the redwoods to find Sempervirens Falls.
Here is the Seven Gables Inn we stayed at in Pacific Grove. I tried to capture as many gables as possible!
And this is the view from Mom's room. It took some convincing to pry her out of there.
On Saturday, we headed further down the coast, stopping at Point Lobos State Reserve on the way. We spied three otters playing in the kelp beds and spent some time watching them cavort around.
We drove down below Big Sur to Nepenthe for lunch. Dara and I have great memories of washing up into Nepenthe like drowned rats when it rained for three straight days on us while camping at Big Sur in 1980. Fortunately the weather with Mom was georgeous, but a bit cold.
On the way back north, we stopped in Carmel to tour Tor House, a wonderful stone house built by hand by California poet Robinson Jeffers. They only do tours in groups of six people on Fridays and Saturdays, and we just kind of stumbled upon it in a guide book. Great history, literature, and architecture all rolled into one! That evening we drove back along 17 Mile Drive, past the Lone Cypress and Pebble Beach golf course, to have dinner in Carmel.
Here's Mom and me at Lover's Point in Pacific Grove, about a block from where we were staying.
4 comments:
Looks really gorgeous - wish I could have been there to visit too. Nia looks like she was more interested in Grandma than the camera.
The whole visit was excellent. The food was fabulous and Steve was hilarious. And as long as she got her evensies and food Emily was cheerful. It was great to have her along for my dog walking and she is an expert now. Unfortunately the unseasonably cold weather might keep her away for a while.
It was such a wonderful visit I can't decide what I liked best. We covered a lot of territory, all beautiful. It was sunny most of the time but cold. Dara plied me with warm sweaters and jackets so we enjoyed the outdoors every day. I loved the dog walk every morning--Stormy and I were a matched pair, old but willing. The trip down the coast was spectacular, especially the muddy tromp through the redwoods. I loved the lunch at Nepenthe. And not to forget the quilt show, which was an eye-opening opener to the whole visit. Now I know what it's like to be treated royally!
Mom keeps asking me, "Have you looked a the blog yet???" She said S&D pulled out all the stops and that she had a wonderful time. NO DOUBT! What great photos! Beautiful places, smiling faces and lots of flowers - what more could you want? Love that Portuguese hat Mom... Still looks great!
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