We started our first trip of the month with a stop at Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, CA. This was on recommendation of a friend of mine who knows Mike loves his beer (I'm not sure there's anyone who doesn't know Mike loves beer). Apparently this brewery has won several World Beer Cup Awards, but is still fairly small and only distributes to four states... so, of course we had to go try some! The beer was definitely good, but the brew pub was packed (on a Sunday at noon!) and after waiting 30 minutes for a table, we found out that we couldn't get a sampler because it would be another 45 minute wait due to their popularity and limited sampler sets to go around.
After lunch and a beer or two, we took the very scenic route to the coast. We ended up watching the fog roll in and hide the sun while still looking for a good place to stop. Since cell service is unreliable in most of the coastal areas, we didn't really know where we were until a sign pointed out we were near Muir Beach. We had tried to go here on Father's Day, but couldn't find parking due to the crowds... well, today we were in luck... kinda. Due to the weather, there was parking (although still pretty crowded), but it was really cold and windy. No worries, we bundled up and enjoyed watching Andrew take in this change of weather and his complete excitement of being back on the beach.
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| Look Mom! A seal! |
The end of September was still really hot here, but the forecast promised a cool down... so , we headed to the ocean for one last time this year. Although there were no seal sightings and traffic was very slow in spots due to Pumpkin Patches (our first sign of fall!), we had a nice time picnicking and letting Andrew run and play to his heart's content.
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| Prancing and doing cartwheels for Andrew's entertainment... I hope some day he remembers how crazy and silly I try to be just for his amusement!! |
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