Takin’ Care of Business

November 21, 2007

We got up pretty early on Wednesday morning, and it was cold. So cold, that the windows were dewey.. on the inside! We slept really well. The beds at the Pelican Inn are featherbeds, and sooooo comfortable.

We set out for Tahoe this morning. Our plan was to be on the road by noon. Google maps said it would take us about four hours. Little did we know, we were in California. The state with more people in cars than blades of grass. The drive would take us all day...

Before we set out on our all-day trek, we stopped off at Muir Beach. I needed to hear the ocean. A few weeks ago, an oil spill closed the beaches in San Francisco, including Muir Beach. It killed all kinds of birds and wildlife, but I'm not going to rant about that right now....

It was a beautiful day, and the beach had just reopened two days before we arrived. It was a little chilly, but the air was crisp. I thought it would be cool for Roman and me to have a picture close to the water. It took about five shots to finally get this one! We weren’t exactly wearing the best clothes and shoes for kneeling in sand, and we had to keep running from the waves, but it was fun.

So after about eight hours in the car, we were all a bit tense. Traffic was horrible, and we all needed a laugh. We pulled over for gas, and to lighten the mood, I insisted on a photoshoot with a carved bear.

When we reached our B&B, The Black Bear Inn, we were exhausted and just crashed. More on the B&B (which is awesome) later.