Day 10: Jelly Beans + Giveaway

  

Our roadtrip is slowing down to more low key and relaxing days. Its a good way to end it as the beginning was filled with A TON of hiking and walking. Today we slept in and did a little shopping near sacramento, then we stopped to have lunch at Chipolte (one of Andrews favorites). After lunch, we headed over to the Jelly Belly Factory, which was our only real plan for the day! They didnt allow pictures in the factory, but we took a few in the lobby. It was fun to see how Jelly Belly's were made and where they started. Who knew there was such a process to them!

We each got ourselves some bags of jelly belly's filled with our favorites. Below is our bags...can you guess whose is whose???

It should'nt be too hard to tell!! :) And its kind of neat to see the difference between us!

Do you have a favorite flavor?? Let me know in the comments!! :)

We ended the night with some more shopping and then a low key meal at Chic-fil-a! Ohhh it was good!! I wish someone would open up one back home!

Tomorrow we head to Napa Valley to go on an Olive Oil tour and drive by all the vineyards! Tomorrow will be our last full day and our last night in California! I just can't believe that this wonderful trip is almost over...

GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY!!!! Yes, A GIVEAWAY! I am participating in a giveaway with The Posh Daisy! Its her birthday and she has put together a nice little giveaway to kick it off!! Happy Birthday to her and GOOD LUCK to you! Go check out her page and enter to win! There are a bunch of prizes from a bundle of different vendors, including ME! I am including a $20.00 shop credit with FREE SHIPPING!! WOO HOO!! Ready, Set, GO!! Click Here and Good Luck!!!

See you tomorrow for my last post of our vacation...I will be reopening the shop on June 1st!

Day 3: Big Sur + Madonna Inn

 

Today...was amazing!! We drove along the coastline/Big Sur and must have stopped over 3 dozen times to get pictures and see the coastline. Never in my life have I seen the coast like I did today... Sure beats New England. Yes, its true! I wished we could have just driven along the coast forever. We had our Trader Joes snacks and I enjoyed every single second of it!

This was the first stop along Big Sur. The water was an unbelieveable blue color and as you can see from the picture.. it was SO windy!!

One of my favorites spots of the day... the water looked dazzling and the waterfall was beautiful!

I think this picture almost looks like I was photo-shopped into it! We saw these gorgeous poppies on the side of the road and Andrew made me go lay on the ground to get a few shots!! Then about an hour or so later, Andrew spotted a waterfall off in the distance through some trees. So, naturally...our next move was to park the car and go for a hike... WE FOUND IT!!!

After the waterfall adventure...we thought the suprises were over... Until, we looked over at the coastline about a half an hour later and saw what is in the picture below:

A WHOLE COASTLINE FULL OF SEALS!!!! A crazy sight... NOT a pleasant smell!! ha!

We stopped in a small town before sunset where we had dinner on the pier and then caught the last sunset we would see on the coast before we would head inland for the rest of the trip!

THEN! To top off the day... we arrived at Modonna Inn where we stayed in the room called "Yosemite Inn"! This hotel has a ton of different rooms to choose from. Ours had rock walls, a fireplace, a rock bathroom and rock shower, not to mention... the most amazing toilet ever!! It had a heated seat... yes, a heated seat!! HA!! Right when we arrived we ran to the pool, swam and sat in the hot tub, and I put a little work out in at the fitness center, before we hopped in the king size bed to get some good sleep before our long day at Sequoia National Park!!

(THE PICTURES DO NOT DO THIS ROOM JUSTICE!!!!)

We have about 4 hours of driving ahead of us, and then 2 more after we see the park... Hoping to catch American Idol tonight... Yes, I am an American Idol addict this season!