November 16 (continued - Santa Cruz) - After getting unpacked at our hotel, we walked around the seriously cute downtown for a while and contemplated what to do that night. We decided to hit up the bowling alley, which was apparently the hot spot in Santa Cruz. It was packed. We had a great game of bowling then headed to 711 for some trusty nachos and "self serve" (aka load it on) nacho cheese then wandered back to the hotel to park it in.
November 17 (Santa Cruz > Monterey) - We woke up to a gorgeous day and decided that the perfect way to spend this beautiful day was at the beach. We lay down and got our tan on. We then went downtown and wandered around and checked out the cute stores before heading off to Monterey. We were informed that Monterey was the Seal lion capital so we went to the pier to check them out. Well, they were not lying. There were literally thousands just laying there on the rocks. SOOO CUTE! But there were equally as many jelly fish. It was NUTS! There were thousands and thousands of jelly fish all over. Some were as big as a foot! GROSS! We stayed at the trusty Best Western again that night. 20 bucks a person... Gotta love it!
November 18 (Monterey > Big Sur) - We began our drive to Big Sur. This was one of the nicest parts of the coastal drive. We were literally on the side of a cliff with the ocean just feet away from us! When we got to Big Sur, we checked into the "Esalen Institute." Which is a spiritual getaway kind of place (which by the way, is absolutely STUNNINGGGG). Most people go there to do workshops but we just did a "personal retreat." We had lunch there which was by far one of the best meals we have had. Sooo delish! We then went to a workshop called "Gestalt Constellations" which we thought had something to do with astrology. Boy were we wrong. Way too complicated to explain... look it up if your interested. But essentially, it was pure craziness. I couldn't look at Jenna or Eric for the whole 2 hours cuz I knew id break out into laughter and everyone around us seemed to be taking it so seriously. I guess we were missing something LOL. After this workshop, we decided to head to the hot springs, which were quite interesting. Lets just say there was minimal clothing worn by all the "spiritualists" there. Quite the experience.
November 19 (Big Sur) - We woke up and did a yoga class which was really relaxing. We then headed for our massages on the beach... mmmm. It was by far the most amazing, most relaxing massage I have ever had. It was 75 minutes of amazingness. We then headed into the hot springs one last time before induling in an incredible lunch at Esalen and then sadly, we had to leave. We drove to San Luis Obispo and looked around for a little. We then proceeded to Pismo Beach (only about a 20 min drive from San Luis Obisbo). We stayed at the Quality Inn which was shockingly nice and had a nice hot tub in their gorgeous tub. mmmm so relaxing... much needed before the day to follow...
November 20 (Pismo Beach) - We woke up and were sooo excited to go ATV'ing at the massive sand dunes in Pismo Beach. We each rented our own ATV and were driving around like crazy people. We drove down hills that literally just dropped off then drove back up really steep hills all around the dunes. Eric went up 1 hill that was sooo steep. He made it up so I thought, hey how hard can this be? Well, needless to say, I learned that I do not know how gears work on an ATV cuz I made it about half way up the hill before starting to roll back down. Given how steep it was, I was rolling pretty fast and I must have hit the break cuz I went flying off my ATV then my ATV flipped and fell ontop of me. IIKES. Thank god all I have to show for it is a bruised tail bone and a scratch on my knee. WOO HOO for helmets! Other than my "overstimulated ATV experience" in the wise words of Vince Vaughn, it was sooo much fun!! We picked up some ice packs for me and headed to LA. We got ready and headed out for the night. We started off at Skybar. When we got there the bouncer said we couldn't get in unless we either had a reservation or were staying at the hotel attached. I convinced him that we "could" be staying at the hotel and that it was all technicalities, so he let us in. Then we headed to the Whiskey a Go Go where many famous people have performed. It was heavy metal night so we didn't stay for too long. We ended the night with some good old sushi then packed it in for the night.
November 21 (LA > San Diego) - We drove around LA and checked out all the touristy sites before heading on our drive to San Diego.... you'll have to wait for the next post to find out all about that :)
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