Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Birthday Get-a-way

In celebration of momma's 30th birthday, we took three days off work, packed the car with our bikes, hiking packs, camp stoves, lanterns and cooler and headed up California's beautiful coast line to El Capitan Canyon.



Our first stop was lunch in Ventura with our cousins Robbie, Luther and Allison who are here for the season establishing their newest Drop Zone - a sky diving adventure business. If any locals are interested in sky diving, let me know and I can tell you the best place in town to go! I however choose ground adventures, and have yet to take the dive.



So this is it - our birthday celebration cabin in a seaside canyon retreat - complete with a king size bed, kitchenette, bathroom, living space, front deck, fire pit and picnic table. Please visit my flicker page (upper left corner of the blog) to check out more views and sites.


On my 30th birthday day, February 12th, the family awoke sick. The only benefit to a sick babe is that she sleeps in and is super cuddly in and out of bed. So we spent the better part of the morning in bed with Tatum. After a hearty nap we bundled her up and went in search of the best source of Vitamin D the canyon and beaches had to offer.

Since our last ride I was informed that babes under one year old should not be in a bike seat because their neck muscles are not yet sufficiently developed. So we now know that, however, we evaluated the risks, and choose to take a short 5 minute ride to the beach for a picnic lunch among the crashing waves and flying birds. Tatum loved it and so did we.


The air was chilly but as you can see the skies were blue. After lunch we rode home for another well deserved nap. Upon waking we took to the hills for a quick hike to the summit. Turning 30 takes perspective, and this hike gave it to me.

On our return, we jotted over to the hot tub for a sunset soak and let Tatum enjoy us poolside.




The next day brought rains and our return trip home. But the fortune of rains is rainbows.



Memories were made.

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