Adventures with Boobie and Umpa...Part I

We've been pretty busy the past 2 weeks. Tom finished up his first semester of prep courses at NPS. He was off all last week and went back today to start classes in his major. While he was off we had visitors. Tom's mom and dad (Boobie and Umpa to Jack) were here for about 2 weeks. It was so great to see them. Since we're still trying to figure out what's around here ourselves we just winged it. Nothing was really planned we just had some things in mind and went with it. Our first venture was 17 mile drive and Big Sur. When Tom's mom was here in July with her friends we drove to Big Sur looking for the beach but never found it. Apparently there's a secret unmarked road you need to know about. We knew about it this time and I have to say this is one of the MOST beautiful places I've ever seen. There's a reason this road is unmarked. If too many people knew about it, it would be ruined. From 17 mile drive we drove down highway 1. It's crazy. It's on the edge of the mountains and it's a super curvy road. Sandy and I were in the back and we were car sick. After we turned on to the secret road we drove for 2 more miles before we paid to park and then walked a couple hundred feet to the beach. There's this tiny little narrow beach access and then you see the coast. It looks like something out of the movies. There are these HUGE rock formations with caves and openings carved out by the waves. There's just a little strip of sand between the water and the mountains. It looks like a wonder of the world that we shouldn't be allowed to walk through. It was amazing.





Jack had a blast too. The ocean was a little too rough for him to get in but we found a wadding pool. At the bottom of one of the mountains there was a pond . It was ankle deep and perfect for Jack. Sandy ventured in there with him while he played in the water and watched the other kids.


It doesn't matter how cold it is, he loves the water. He's our little fish. After we dried off from the beach we had dinner in Big Sur and right in the parking lot was the biggest Redwood tree we've seen since we've been out here.

It was a great day, lots of fun, the beach was beautiful and we got to spend Tom's birthday with his family.