Thursday, June 05, 2008

So now we’re actively working on the California trip and have finalized a few things this week already:

1. We will be staying with Beau’s uncle near Santa Barbara for the first two nights - this saves money, of course, which is nice. But it also gives us some nice time to visit with him. And we’ll add a tour of something touristy for that area on our first full day before we head north to San Luis Obispo.

Related: We’ll be shipping some needed Jesse-items for the week directly to Uncle W. Already we have bought and shipped a PeaPod Toddler Bed/Tent to him. We figure this was a good investment for future travel, too, and it will give Jesse his own little pup tent to play with/in whenever he wants.

2. We have booked a room at a Motel 6 that happens to be across the street from Beau’s high school for the rest of the week. Much cheaper (about half the cost, actually) than anything else we found, so thanks for that tip, Gwynne. We didn’t have need for a cushy place since we’ll only be sleeping there anyway.

3. Beau’s Mom has scheduled a dessert with some friends for one night so that folks can meet me and Jesse. Beau is well loved, so people are curious about the chick who snagged him. I have no doubt that Jesse’s charming self will outshine Beau’s bride and that is just fine with me.

4. I’m starting to look into what we want to do on our outings. We know that we want to go to Hearst Castle - I’ve been there, but it’s been 25 years. We know that we’ll spend a day in the Monterey area - I need to figure out specific things we want to do (including a possible meet up with Ith?) besides a visit to the aquarium.