Girliecation Report
WOW, what a trip!
A) Jack died about 15 minutes into our trip.
Jack is our Garmin Navi which I rely on solely, 100%!!! Once he died on me I was completely lost, LOST and freaked out for a just a few minutes ...
God, how would I ever find my way to the Lila Beach without my trusted companion???
I know GP is smiling when he reads this since he is the one person who always and at all times has a map in his pocket. His laminated companion never dies on him and GP always knows his way around.
Me on the other hand, you tell me south and you just get a blank stare from me.
Then you say, right and you'll find me checking my hands trying to find out which one is right (ah .... the one I write with) and then you'll watch me setting my signal and turning confidently.... left.
I am sure this is why Jack took a "time out", he was tired of having to "recalculate" for me on a constant basis.
I did some CPR and electro shock therapy on Jack, meaning I switched the cables and plugs around until he came back to life .... THANK GOD!!!
B) After "recalculating" our way to the VERY hidden Carmel Resort Inn, driving through narrow roads up and down and up and down again, we finally found the desired location.
We had booked with Travelnow.com ... HUGE mistake!!!!
They quoted us one price, charged us another, after battling with them over them phone for HOURS we got a 10% discount on the 40% higher price as quoted and a leaky promise of "we'll look into it".
Anyhow, I had asked for a hotel room with a microwave and a little fridge so I could feed the Ls dinner and breakfast at the hotel rather than spending lots of money and even more of my paitience going out for every, single meal. Needless to say, we got the only room in the bungalow-type hotel with no fridge or microwave. I aksed for a different room but of course they were completely booked out.
C) The city was FULL, packed, stuffed with people ... what the heck was going on???
Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance presented by Rolex was going on... with well over 175 cars on the roads including Luxury Cars, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and Sporting cars.
I have never seen so many beautiful, antique, cool looking cars in my life before.
You drove on Ocean Ave and you had a Porsche ahead of you, a Porsche behind you, a Bugatti on the other side , an Alfa Rome following, more Porsches, Ferraris everywhere.
My parents have a car dealer ship and I grew up with motor oil, the smell of wash benzine on my fathers hands and roaring motors. I do appreciate Old-Timers and the time and effort people put into them to make them look and run like new.
... BUT it was a nightmare to drive! All I could think was "please don't crash, please don't crash ... we'll never be able to buy a house again in our lives if you so much as scratch one of those cars."
Most of the cars were parked along Ocean Ave and their proud and mostly over 70 all sleak and pressed owners posed next to them with a cigar in one hand and a pretty 20 year old (carrying a XL size shopping bag from Coach) on the other. We were the ONLY ones walking down Ocean Ave in sweats that were half wet, sandy and had sand toys in our hands.
And now I know I can go and explore with the Ls by myself.
Not that I would want to anytime soon again. Going on a trip without our Papa was just not so great.
We missed him every time we saw one of those cool cars, ran through the sand at the beach, or had a nice treat.
I missed him every time one of the Ls needed a bathroom and I had to pack up everything and everybody and cram three people and all of our belongings into one public restroom stall.
I missed him going out to restaurants all by myself with the two monkeys and driving for hours with L asking every 2 minutes "are we there yet?".
I have come to terms with the fact that I am just not one of those do-it-yourself- kinda-moms/wifes!
One of those who prove to themselves and everybody else that men are not needed in this world. Nope, NOT me!
I can change a tire on my car, I can check and refill the oil, I can check the air pressure and fill a tire, mow a lawn, bring out garbage, use power tools and make things work (somehow) but I'd rather have my husband do those things and I just yell at him if he forgets. Plus he is just much better at these things and thats one of the many reasons I love him. As the Ls say "Papa can fix anything!."
BUT, we made it through all of the unexpected changes ... we just had to be flexible as L told me :)
Sometimes she is smart beyond her years! We had a GREAT time and found everything we were looking for and more. So here is our little exploration in pics. We had lots of blog moments, thats for sure!!!
("click" on the links below to the DAYS in PICS and use the back button to go back to this post)
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
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