Weekend at the beach

Very very late, but wanted to put this out there so we don't forget..

We had a lot to celebrate in October - Papa's Happy B'day(which went on for about 3 weeks, mind you) and Papa completing his second marathon, in "Chee-caa-go", no less!! We had also had a hectic few months with both of us being swamped at work, so we headed off to Pismo beach(Oct 17th weekend) and stayed at a fancy-shmancy place right by the ocean for a weekend.

Our "villa" had ocean views from almost every room - and yes, there were multiple rooms. It was ~1000 sq feet(bigger than the apartments we rented in the city!!) and Milind made himself at home right away. He had even packed his own bag, stuffing every car that would fit and some of his favorite books in there.


Went for a walk before sunset and made our way down the cliffs to the ocean. It was a really warm day, so the water was actually refreshing.
After a very satisfying dinner of Mac N Cheese consumed on the balcony looking out at the ocean, M drifted off to sleep to the sounds of the ocean.
The place had no A/C - just kept our windows open, which worked really well! Of course, M was up at his usual unearthly hour, ready to go play. But waking up to the smell and sounds of the ocean is such an amazing feeling - doesn't gets old. Had a relaxing brunch at the hotel restaurant(consisting of Oysters, no less):

And then we headed out to the beach. Or so we thought. But.. there was no beach!! The tide was still high and the narrow strip of beach by the hotel was ...well, missing. So we headed back to the hotel and jumped in the pool(a saline pool) and M loved it! We ended up back there again after lunch and an afternoon nap. Once the pool got a little cold, he discovered the hot tub. Or as he called it - "hot water".


Later that evening, we drove out for a little bit, got some wine and picked up some *really* good Pizza. M wolfed it down and went to bed at his usual hour - after new games which involved crawling inside tables.
We stayed up and before the day was done, D got a little "cake" to end the day on a high note.
Next morning, we checked out and decided to hunt for this supposedly great Clam Chowder place..and we drove smack into a Clam Festival! Which, it seems the whole world except us knew about. All of us wolfed down some really good chowder(& even got some frozen to go!!).

Tummies full and hearts content, we drove back home..