We’ve been in the middle of a heat wave for awhile now. The prospect of another really hot weekend was not exciting. Luckily, we had other plans! We headed down to the central coast to meet my parents in Florence. The forecast showed highs in the mid seventies with partly sunny skies. We couldn’t wait!
I have to admit…on Wednesday evening as we were desperately trying to pack in the heat, and on Thursday as we were trying to get on the road….I questioned the wisdom of trying to leave town with everything else we have going on. However, once we arrived, we knew that it was definitely worth it!
Thursday evening the drive went very smoothly. We arrived late in the evening, let the boys excitedly run around the hotel room, and then put them to bed. We got an opportunity to see Venus and Jupiter right out our window.
Friday morning we woke up ready to play. It was only about 50 degrees, though, so we decided to go to the pool and wait until the afternoon to hit the beach. The boys got dressed.
The pool was really neat! It had a kids water play section, and a small, warm pool for the kids as well as a bigger pool. We all had an absolute blast!
In the afternoon, we did finally get to the beach. Elias and the rest of the fam went while I stayed back with Simon to take a nap. Simon and I joined them an hour or so later. The beach was extremely windy, and very cold. Despite the beautiful sun, it was freezing. Elias had a blast both in and out of the water.
Simon had fun for about two minutes.
Then, he pretty much curled up in a ball on my lap and shouted over and over again. “Get me outta here!”
Saturday morning we headed to Cleowox Lake to play on the dunes. We hoped it would provide some sand and water play without the cold wind from the day before. It delivered! I have a lot of good memories playing on these sand dunes. It was fun to take the boys there to play! They started out with some sand castles.
Then, they got excited about running down the hill into the water.
Elias wanted me to go with him down the hill. I tried it..but I didn’t run. I did barely more than walk. However, I got a stern lecture from Nathan and was sent back up the hill to just sit and watch. I’ll have to go back someday when I’m not pregnant to join in the fun.
After all of the fun on the dunes, we had a picnic lunch, then headed back to the hotel for nap time.
In the evening, we went for another swim in the pool, had some take and bake pizza for dinner, and we took one more walk on the beach. The boys had fun running around, and writing in the sand.
It was the perfect end to our beautiful weekend. Thank you so much to my parents for taking us and sharing it with us!
This morning we woke up, and took one last swim at the pool. As we packed up, the boys got rid of some energy before the long car ride.
When we got home, it was super hot in our house, but I actually had enough energy to get unpacked, clean up the house a bit, and do a bunch of laundry. It was nice to have that burst of energy right when I needed it! Now, I’m sitting in front of the fan, preparing for work tomorrow, and relaxing. Our weekend away was just what we needed!