It's been raining here....all. week. long. I know I shouldn't complain much, 'cause it really hasn't rained a lot this winter, but I was just getting kinda tired of it. So on Saturday we decided to just drive away from it (not that there looked like there was any way to escape it, the forcast said it was raining everywhere) but it just seemed like a good idea to get away for the afternoon.
I'm not sure where in the drive it happened, but all of a sudden I noticed blue sky!
We were amazed to find it bright and sunny in Newport....
We visited Ripley's Believe it or Not first, 'cause I've never been. These were a few of my favorite things there....
It was fun, but I think it's going to be awhile yet before the kids are old enough to appreciate it. It was still really nice out when we came back out, so we walked up and down the street.
Some things I saw along the way....
sea lions sleeping on the dock
art
and scenes that caught my eye.
Oh - and did I mention the sun?! We were very happy we decided to escape to the coast.
We had dinner at Savory Cafe & Pizzeria. I picked it out because they have different board games painted on their tables...I reserved the Yahtzee table.
We had the BBQ chicken pizza....but more importantly, who won at Yahtzee??
Good games, but I'm still the undisputed Yahtzee queen :)
