Sunday…Vacation loading

Years ago, I used to pack up on the last day of vacation and race to get home. Not anymore! I’m learning to make the very most of my minutes, hours…days! This last weekend was one for the books! I took my daughter to the Monterey/Carmel area for her graduation trip – lucky me! First of all, she is an amazing human and we have the best time together and secondly – I couldn’t be more proud. I never graduated college and I had a front row seat to see the blood, sweat and tears that went into a college athlete graduating college – proud is an understatement.

As I’ve said before I hope this weekly blog entry will help give you some ideas on how to spend your free time too. Our first stop was at a somewhat local winery that I always wanted to visit and never had – Michael David in Lodi, CA. If you haven’t gone yet, you should. The setting is beautiful, wine was great (and very affordable) and we heard the food and pies are delicious (we will have to try the food next time).

We did a little tasting and headed on down the road to our destination – Monterey. We stayed at the Monterey Beach Hotel. We will 100% be back. We ate breakfast there, and it was delicious (highly recommend paying for breakfast with your stay). We had shrimp tacos, that we ate down on the beach one night – SO YUMMY. They gave you s’mores kits to use out by the firepit every night and we were literally steps to the sandy beach! It was truly perfect. AND, if you need someone to help with your travel arrangements – my girl Casie with Fora Travel is AMAZING!

I debated staying on Cannery Row in Monterey and 100% made the right decision, this setting was so calming. We literally walked right outside our door to couches by the fire pit. You can also easily Uber to Carmel and Monterey. Definitely recommend.

Our weekend was filled with delicious food (The Fish Hopper is a MUST in Monterey), more wine tasting (SO many tasting rooms and wineries in Carmel), shopping (I even found a Sunday Funday glass), The Monterey Bay Aquarium, laughter, great conversation and beautiful memories.

I agree whole heartedly with the above quote. My friend has had a saying for years ‘Book the Trip, Make the Memories’. I promise you, you will not regret it. Just a weekend away is such an amazing reset. Now, we need a vacation from our vacation – we sure packed so much in. Don’t forget to fill your home and/or office with fresh flowers – you deserve it! As always, thank you for being on this journey with me – together we can make a difference in our own lives and in the lives of others. Cheers!