Stinson Beach, California

As my time in Northern California is coming to an end, coupled with me having to go back to school to finish my my last year of my Master's, and CL starting Law school, I decided that we both were in need of a mini vacation.  

I wanted some sun and CL wanted to relax so this place sounded great for both of us. 

Stinson Beach is only about 45 min away once we got past the Golden Gate Bridge. 

I had no clue that the road to there was very windy, but it was so gorgeous. 

With the mountains and the beach so close together it made for a great scenery.  

Once we got there we parked and walked around a little. 

We stopped at Stinson Beach Breakers Cafe. 

We decided to do a little reading and let the sun come out before we went on the beach.  

I had Hibiscus Iced Tea-yummy! I also picked up a new book too.

Once we got to the beach we were there for almost two hours just soaking up the sun and occasionally trying to go into the water.

I still cannot get used to how cold the water is. 

Being from Southern California the water is a good 10 degrees warmer so the water at Stinson Beach was ice cold. 

CL tried to get me in the water.

  He managed to kick wet sand all over me, so eventually I had to go in and wash the sand off.

Bolinas Bay

The view of Stinson Beach with my back towards the ocean

CL and I also picked up horrid sun burns! 

We put plenty of sun screen on but I didn't apply as often as I should have and CL completely missed a few spots on his legs.

No bueno :(

All in all we had a great time.

We ate some good food, relaxed, enjoyed the sun, explore a new area, and got to spend some quality time together before school starts. 

 

Do you have any great spots for day trips where your from?

I would love to hear from you!

North Beach, San Francisco

Saint Peter and Paul Church

After my conference I needed some down time and I enjoyed that so much. 

Sleeping in till 9am was just the trick to get me back into things.

  On Tuesday morning I had a craving for some good Italian food so I asked CL if he wanted to go to North Beach for the day. 

We walked around for awhile looking for food but we really ended up window shopping. 

CL spotted this map store which has maps from all over the world and we went inside to take a look. 

It was one of the stores that were by appointment only but the owner let us in :)

CL loves maps! 

He came across this map that was a section of England and it had different coat of arms in the corners representing which houses lived in that region.

I asked CL if he looked for his families coat of arms and said, "No, they weren't famous or anything". 

Right then he found his families coat of arms on the map! 

It was pretty cool to see that.

CL was thrilled and started asking the dealer about he map. 

CL wanted to buy his parent the map as a git but when we found out how much it was, we knew it was out of the question. $$$$. 

We entered a few more stores looking at rugs, clothes, jewelry, ect.  

We finally ate and walked around some more then decided to head back home.

It was a nice sunny day and we even got some great deserts to take home too!

Once we got back home I remembered we had plans to go see a movie later on. 

We rested for for a few minutes then it was back out we went! 

We actually ended up seeing two movies: Capetian America, and Cowboys vs. Aliens. 

I wonder who waned to see those, CL or I? lol. 

They both were good but my favorite was Captain America. 

I was BEAT! So tired.

After a stressful week, it was good getting out and exploring another district San Francisco has to offer. 

Especially spending time with CL before he starts Law School and I go back home to Southern California to finish school. 

It's the little moments of time I get to spend with him that count the most :)