Spring Break Day 1: San Diego to Paso Robles

It's time for Spring Break!! This year we decided to drive the coast since we never have done so before and since our time here is running out, we figured it was best to do it while we actually live on one end of the trip. And it was nice to not have to fly somewhere for a change. We packed up the van and hit the road early (for us, 8:30) on Saturday morning. 

We started with breakfast in Del Mar at Stratford Court Cafe with some smoothies and Vermonsters. Oh and a pretty decent view. 

Driving down the hill. That's the Pacific Ocean meeting the sky

By the ocean

Time to hit the road! The kids are watching The Sound of Music. It was glorious! Perhaps the best movie to listen to for 3+ hours. 

Bear playing an iPad game for the first time and LOVING it

Since we have typically had to fly most places, it was nice to be able to just pack up the car with what we needed and not have to think so much about the logistics and regulations of flying. 

After breakfast, we headed north up to Santa Barbara for our first stop, lunch at a taco shop called La Super Rica. Apparently, Julia Child dubbed it the best taco shop there is. It was a tremendously long line to order (we waited at least an hour) and the food was just okay. We were hungry and so we ate, but it wasn't life altering. The biggest stand out to all of us was the watermelon aqua fresca. 

After lunch, we continued on to Paso Robles, our destination for the evening. It was a beautiful drive (minus driving through LA).

Aaron was a bit grumpy when he woke up from his nap and we were still driving. 

When we arrived at our bed and breakfast at a winery for the evening, the kids were pretty happy. It had a huge shower, a bath tub, a large pull out couch for the kids to sleep on and a closet big enough to put Aaron's pack and play in for his own 'room'. After roaming the room and the building a bit, we had a nice, light dinner at Thomas Hill Organics. Kyle and Emily both tried steak tartare. Pretty brave if you ask me! I'm not surprised Emily tried it, but Kyle trying it and liking it was fairly shocking since he is very much a visual eater. 

Apparently in the middle of the night Bear didn't want to sleep in the closet and snuggled up with me. I had no idea. Jeff took a picture to prove it.