Thanksgiving Road Trip

We are back from our Thanksgiving roadtrip to Santa Barbara, San Simeon, Willow Creek and Fresno. Our trip started with a short visit with some of Brian's college friends in Santa Barbara. We took Nathan to some tide pools just below where Brian lived in college. We saw some starfish, mussels and a good size octapus. The next day we drove up the coast to Jalama, where Brian surfed and Nathan and I hung out at the campground playground until the rain started. We grabbed a quick lunch and headed up to San Simeon where we checked into our hotel, walked on the beach, ate dinner in Cambri and then went to bed. In the morning we drove up to see the Elephant Seals, which Nathan loved then we drove further up the coast towards Big Sur and walked around Willow Creek. We drove back down to San Simeon so Brian could surf befor heading East to Fresno. In Fresno, we had dinner with all of my mom's sisters who were there from Bakersfield, Minnesota, Iowa and Tennesee. On Thanksgiving Day, Grandma kicked us out of the house so we went to Woodward Park, where Nathan and his cousin's from Iowa, Wyatt and Caleb burned off some energy at the playground and we walked around the Japanese Gardens before going back to grandma and grandpa's for a yummy meal with even more family (my brother, sister in law and their kids). On Friday, grandma, Annemarie, Nathan, Brian and I went to the Fresno Zoo, while grandpa took Kyle, Lori and the boys to Yosemite and Aunt Bonnie, Aunt Susie and Uncle Jim went to gamble at the casino. On Saturday before we left, we spent some time with another of my mother's brother's and sister in law who came down from Oregon. All in all a fun trip, but we still wonder why Nathan does not sleep in Fresno???