Showing posts with label road trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label road trip. Show all posts

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Pacific Coast Highway 1 Central Coast Roadtrip

The following are a few of the pictures from today's daytrip back to Los Angeles. There is so much to do! Too bad we didn't have enough time. Seriously, this trip can be spread throughout a good week. So we promised ourselves that we'd be back. It is absolutely a must do for any self respecting Cali resident :)

A look of the ocean as we pass through Big Sur... It was around 9:30am
This little fella must have felt like a celebrity. He let everyone take his picture Too Cute!
Driving through Carmel... such a cute little city.
Manuel and I
Leo, Precious, and I... such a pretty view
Manuel and the pups
Us again. :)
You can't really tell, but there's a surfer in this pic. 
Too bad we were rushing to get home. I would've loved to chill down there :)
Point Lobos State Reserve... 
Entrance to the Point Lobos State Reserve. It looked so pretty. Too bad they didn't let dogs in :(
Us and Leo @ Point Lobos State Reserve. We snuck in for a peak.
Precious... she's so tomboyish
Made a quick stop here at Fernwood Grill. Nice little shop, grill, grocery store, and motel on the side of the road 
While at Fernwood Grill we got us some BBQ wings and some chicken tenders. The BBQ wings were yummmmmey!
This chair was huge! 


Enjoy!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Long Drive and Why I will Never Drive Without AC Again

Precious taking a break at a rest stop somewhere between Modesto and San Francisco.


The hubby and I decided to take a little trip to good 'ol San Francisco. A little getaway to be exact. We, as has become our routine packed the dogs in the car and headed out. Within an hour of hitting the road however, I began to regret our decision. As you recall, the mechanics at Chrysler ruined my AC. I thought that having the windows down might make things tolerable, but boy was ix wrong! The road was unforgiving. It was HOT! 105 degrees of hot wind was in our face 5 out of the six hours we were en route. It was uncomfortable, but tolerable.... for me. For my dogs, that was a completely different story. Precious, my shih-tzu was a completely different story. She began breathing very hard and seemed to be having a panic attack. She even began barking at my hubby. He pulled her to the front and sprayed some water on her. She wasn't looking good. I seriously was afraid she'd have a heat stroke. :( Thankfully, I was able to pull out of the freeway and into a gasoline station. Manuel went into the mini mart and bought a bag of ice. We placed put the window visor on the back seat and we laid the ice bag in the middle. I pushed Precious near it. As soon as she felt the coolness of the ice she laid on top of it. My baby was finally feeling better. It took her about 15 minutes to get back to her normal self. Thank GOD! Needless to say, I was very upset in regards to my AC, but happy that things didn't end badly. I will never drive without AC again! NEVER!