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A weekend away

I’m VERY inclined to fill my weekends with random chores and other silly stuff if i’m not careful but this weekend Kevin conned me into escaping the city and it was SO NICE. Saturday morning we got up and went to Golden Gate Park to buy some succulents from the botanical gardens ( If you’ve never been you NEED to go - I always forget how beautiful those gardens are - its AMAZING ). After that we grabbed brunch at Tin Pan, threw some clothes in a bag, and piled in the car.. We really didn’t have any destination - just wanted to get out of town.

We started out by driving over the Golden Gate Bridge and off toward Napa. Skipped Napa to avoid the tourists and headed through Glenn Ellen and past the Gaige House Inn (didn’t stay there this time but if you’ve got a chance check it out - we stayed there a while back and LOVED it)… Then we headed out toward and through Santa Rosa ( Kevin had never seen it and seemed to want to for some reason ) and out toward the Russian River. We drove from Santa Rosa, through Sebastapol, Guerneville, and out to the ocean at Jener.

At that point we decided we should find a place to relax for the night - unfortunately we also discovered that reservations on a sunny weekend in the bay area are usually a pretty good thing. So we headed back toward Guerneville (which, for those who have never been, is the closest thing SF has to Fire Island - kind of a strange small town that the gay boys take over on a regular basis - always funny to watch the small town locals react to the gay city boys )… Kevin wasn’t much for a ‘gay scene’ for a hotel so we steered clear of Fifes and, after a little exploring around we endid up staying at a place called Retreat Resort and Spa. Was still a gay place but little more upscale and not quite the ’scene’ that Fifes can be.

This morning we woke up, had some coffee and a danish, then headed out toward the coast. Decided to head back toward the coast and drive down highway 1 to the city. Drove back to Jenner, through Bodega Bay, Point Reyes, Stinson Beach, and then back into the city.

Overall a great weekend. I HIGHLY recommend piling in the car and going on a road trip - with our without a destination in mind. Very nice… And my favorite pictures? These:

The rest of ‘em are here:

Northern California Coast

Fleet week

I’m not so sure I’m super thrilled about the blue angels doing bombing runs over my house - even if it is just for entertainment purposes… ( sure is cool to watch though! )