Day 2 Of Our Mini Vacation!

Day 2 of our vacation!!  AND our anniversary!! When we pulled into the driveway of our forest suite we were amazed!! It's an old barn that  an artist Jennifer Taylor remodeled as her art studio. Then she rents the loft out as a vacation rental. Its 2 miles south of Mendocino and about 1 mile from the coast. We are in the middle of a redwood forest and it is BEAUTIFUL! Gary and I drove over from Chico yesterday. It's raining right now outside and it is SO romantic! The whole west wall of our get away is windows and there are several skylights throughout our little oasis. Today we went down town to this great little coffee shop called the mendocino bakery. Gary and I had some fair traded organic thanksgiving coffee! Then we went down the street to the Harvest Market  and got some fresh baked sourdough bread, some wild locally caught prawns then came back to our little studio and had a WONDERFUL dinner! We are so relaxed here we almost feel at home. Too bad we have to go back to our actual home tomorrow but we WILL be back!!

Well charlie started t-ball practice this last Saturday!! What a little base ball player we have! Our coach, coach Chris is REALLY great with the kids! it was SO cute watching about nine five year olds learn how to play baseball!! Charlie hit the ball GREAT! I've attached a pic of him at the batting cages! What a little trooper we have!!

Gary and I are VERY excited about our upcoming trip! We leave 13 days from today! We CANNOT wait to get away to the coast!! Until next time.......