Quick Trip to Pismo

 When I heard at the beginning of the school year that we had a Friday holiday the middle of October, I immediately talked to Trav about booking a trip to Pismo to see "Scary Poppins" at the Melodrama.  We took off on Friday after school (actually Conner skipped 6th period) and got down there about 6:30 that night.

 After checking in, Calissa wanted to swim.  So, we went down to the pool. She swam while everyone else got in the hot tub (except me, who forgot my swimming suit)!

 Both days we were there were absolutely perfect!  Gorgeous weather with no fog made for perfect conditions.  Friday morning Trav and I got up early and went on a run/walk on the beach.

 Isn't it beautiful?

I love watching for seal lions in the waves and also the surfers.

This trip we saw a bunch of sea lions and dolphins.  It was amazing to watch them while we ate breakfast on the terrace.

 After breakfast we went to Shell Beach a couple of miles down the road to look at the tide pools.  They were pretty empty, but we did walk down the beach to explore.  We came across a "shell beach."

 The boys (and Travis) tried to throw rocks and get them to stay on the rock in the ocean.

 Calissa looked for shells.

She found some great ones!

She also found a cool "heart rock."

After an adventure leaving there (climbing down the side of the cliffs ... or going through private property), we headed downtown for lunch at our favorite place, ice cream, and some shopping.  We went back to the hotel to swim and relax and then went to dinner and to the Melodrama.

They were celebrating their 40th anniversary that night which made it that much more special of an evening (and a little more crazy of an evening too)!  Scary Poppins was pretty funny and the vaudeville was entertaining too!

Saturday we walked on the beach, had breakfast, did a little swimming and packed up to go home. We had stake conference that weekend and Travis needed to be back for a leadership meeting.  We love our little get-a-ways and feel blessing that we get to go and spend time making memories together as a family.