Our stop in Santa Barbara turned out to be a stop in the middle of nowhere (be careful when booking through visitcalifornia.com). I'm glad it was just for the night. We got on the road heading to Monterey first thing in the morning. Our hotel in Monterey was about 8 minutes away from Monterey Bay, not too bad. We did have fun jumping on hotel beds, seal and otter watching, visiting the aquarium, and walking up and down fisherman's wharf. We also found a park that had an old steam engine train to climb on...Caylin LOVED it! After 2 nights in Monterey we left for San Francisco to visit Will's side of our family. We enjoyed seeing everyone and introducing Anika to Great Grandma, Grandpa Dave and Gretchen, Uncle Rob and Aunt Kasey for the first time. :) We are so excited that Rob and Kasey are expecting their first baby in a few months. Our trip ended 2 days earlier than we expected, we were exhausted and decided to head home at 5pm on New Year's eve. Needless to say our New Year's eve was pretty uneventful. Although, we did experience a wind storm at the bottom of the Grapevine. We stopped to get some gas and winds were blowing at least 60 mph. Aiana almost blew away when she got out of the car!
The kids over all did pretty well. Aiana was cozy in the back seat and Anika slept the whole time. Caylin was the most uncomfortable. But that is a long time for a 2 yr old to be in the car. Aiana is such a trooper, she didn't complain once! She is amazing.
Hmm, that doesn't sound like such a bad trip does it? Well, good thing memories appreciate over time!
Got to love hotel beds!
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