Mendocino Anniversary Ride & Run

Keith and I went to Mendocino for three days to celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary.  Here is a bunch of pictures with a few words to share with you, what a great time we had.

We drove up Hwy 101 and cut across to Hwy 1 on Hwy 128.  Hwy 128 was a windy, two lane road with tons of these:

 We stayed at this place:

 Which is a "farm house" in Little River, across Hwy 1 from here:

 Two miles up Hwy 1 is actually where Mendocino is.  We drove up and took a long walk along the coast.

 Watched the sun set.

 We had dinner at a little pub and went back to our room where we burned a log in our little fireplace.

 Pretty much called it an early night (in our HUGE comfy bed!)

 The next morning was our anniversary, we went for a bike ride.

 How appropriate that we found this bench.  <3

 We rode along the coastline for a lot of the ride.

 We rode out to Point Cabrillo Lighthouse.

 That night we went out for a wonderful dinner where we got all dressed up.  I have no pictures of that though.  You'll just have to believe me. 

The final morning, I woke up extra early so I could go for a trail run.  There was a forest right outside our window, I saw a trail, and I wanted to know what it looked like.  Off I went! 

 Fifteen minutes later, I was looking at this.

 I took a turn and ran along the coastline for a while.

 45 minutes later, I was back on the trail to our room.  I literally could have ran out there all day long.  It was just beautiful.  Breath taking.  The sun had just come up and there was a chill in the air.  Perfect conditions for a run.

 We went to breakfast, packed up and took the long way home - driving down Hwy 1 all the way to Petaluma.  That part of the coast is just gorgeous.  We stopped a lot to take pictures.  Most of them look like this.

It was a wonderful get away for the two of us.  Another year of marriage celebrated.  20 years next year - Jamaica!


Until later.............