Getaway

So about one month ago, I decided Ty and I needed a little getaway. I did lots of research... asked friends for advice on where to go, what to do and any interesting things to see along the way. My final decision was to go to Avila Beach and relax. By the way... it was a suprise! I was sooo excited AND a little stressed about (a) keeping it a suprise and (b) leaving our little puppy :( So it came down to the last few days. I had booked our room at the Sycamore Springs Resort and Spa , figured out how to surprise Ty and even packed his suitcase :) The night before we were supposed to leave, he calls me from work very excited.... He asks me if I would like to get away for a couple days and go up to Avila and stay at the Sycamore Springs...... WHAT?!?!?!?!?! SERIOUSLY?!?!??! I was soooo dumbfounded. I had to let the suprise go now... I told him that I had ALREADY booked us a room and we were leaving the next day. Ty was very excited and I realized that this is one of the fabulous reasons why we are married <3 href="http://www.sunstonewinery.com/">Sunstone Winery and then paid a visit to Ty's old station in Solvang.

Sweet picnic tables


It was sunny and beautiful


We had to take a bottle for later...


Then we were on the road up to Avila. I had taken an Ibuprofin on a not so full tummy and ended up tossing my cookies on the way up... nice way to start the trip :( No pictures of that thank goodness!

When we reached Sycamore it was fairly late... about 5:30. We checked out our room which had a mineral springs hot tub on the deck :) We hopped right in to relax. We were sooo pooped after our day that we crashed at 7:30!!!! Are we old or are we old???? I guess you know you need a vacation when you get to a fancy hotel and fall asleep at 7:30!

The next day we grabbed breakfast at the Fat Cat Cafe. We both ordered Stuffed French toast!


Then met up with our friends Chris and Erin. Ty went through the Fire Academy with Chris back in April. They recently got engaged!!! They are amazing people who have tons of fun and we have tons of fun being around. We woke up early and met up with them to go on a hike. It was sooo beautiful. They live in San Luis Obispo and you can see this mountain we hiked up all around the city. I of course forgot my camera on the hike but luckily Chris had his phone. He will email me photos and I will post them soon!

After a brutal hike, we ate some lunch at Gus's. Its a popular sandwich spot in the town. Erin and I both ordered half sandwiches and what we received were hardly halves at all! Great food and a neat patio to relax on!

The adventure continued.... Chris and Erin met us back at Sycamore to take a little dip in one of the Resort's private mineral tubs. Guests can rent out the mineral hot tubs for an hour at a time and you dont even have to stay at the Resort! We even brought champagne and strawberries and made a little romantic date out of it :) Of course I forgot my camera AGAIN! Sorry this post is just a lot of words without pictures!

That evening we went to Giuseppe's for dinner. Very nice, light Italian food. Chris ordered TWO desserts... He read my mind. After dinner, we visited the local popular hang out and then headed back to our room.

Granny Biz lives up in Avila so we made it a point to visit her! We met her Saturday morning for a walk on the beach with her dog Babe.



We ate breakfast together at Spyglass Restaurant and then stopped at Woodstone Marketplace before heading home. We ATE and ATE and ATE the whole trip but it was great to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family!

Avila Board walk


Ty Swinging :)


More pictures to come soon!