San Clemente Chillin...

San Clemente is such a special place for me.  I'm sure I've mentioned this every time I write a San Clemente blog.  I'm so thrilled when I can get down here the week my mom is staying at her yearly visit to her timeshare.  This year was another perfect mini get-a-way!

Mom had her week down there.  I didn't have any vacation time to join her, but I came down Friday night.  She had said Pat and I could have the weekend!  I was so excited to get at least one night with her and then a little bit of time with my man.  It worked out to be a perfect weekend away.

Friday night Pat and I headed down early evening ( I seriously ran out of work, had packed my bag the night before and we hit the road as soon as Pat pulled up.)  Traffic wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been on a Friday early evening and we rolled in around 5.

Pat got the rundown of how it works - "What do you guys do down here?"  "Nothing.  Absolutely nothing."  One of the best things about these little getaways is you just relax.  I love vacations and adventures so very much and want to do so many more, but - when you vacay to a new place you want to see everything.  You make plans to do this and go here and see this and oh we have to make sure we eat at that place.  Which is amazing yes, but sometimes it's nice to just do nothing.  I'm super familiar with San Clemente and there's nothing I haven't seen, so we can just do whatever.  Eat, drink, watch the sunsets, listen to the ocean, take walks, anything we want.  It's truly one of the very few times I can come somewhere and completely relax.

So - we hit Fishermans Restaurant for Dinner which was delish then walked the pier a bit. 

Yeah, that's alright

Love my mama!

Love my sweetie!

Now - mom and I had tried to find a cache that was on the Pier last year, but the dude at the store actually said "Oh it's gone, the city took it".  Well, for funners I looked it up and it seemed to be back!  So I was able to turn my sad face log into a happy face log!!!

Mom was stoked to find this one!

Had to leave a little swag

We got back to the timeshare for the sunset and it did not disappoint!

My heaven

No filter

We said goodbye to mom and began the little mini romantic weekend by playing cards of course!

Love this game!

Don't you fret...there was some romance...but no need for details there.  Tee hee!!

Saturday morning I awoke way earlier than intended, but took that time to wander out on the balcony and take in the beautiful salt air filled morning.  The awesome thing, was during the night the waves were crashing loud enough to hear in the back bedroom.  I can't say enough how much I love falling asleep to the sound of crashing waves.  The morning was beautiful and silent except for the now quieter waves crashing.  I watched early morning runners, dog walkers and strollers.  Then the scent of coffee wafted up from below.  We planned on meeting my friend Carol for breakfast but that coffee....mmmmmm!  I ran downstairs and got Pat and I some yummy fresh brewed coffee from the Bear Coast Coffee that's a new addition to the area.  After coffee on the balcony we headed out and walked up Del Mar to meet Carol at The Cellar for breakfast!  Um...brekkie at a wine bar?!  Hell yes!

It was so good!  I had something called The Works Toast and of course a bit of bubbly.  I mean I'm on vacay!  I was so excited when my Hibiscus Drink had a flower in it!  How cute is that!?

Yes please

A flower!!!

It's the little things that bring me joy

It was a lovely morning, chatting with Carol and enjoying the really great ambience of The Cellar.  Afterwards we walked back to our condo and decided to take a beach stroll.  I wanted to look for some caches to the left since I had gone to the right the year before.  Unfortunately I was having cellphone service issues and it got really really hot!  Walking along the beach was nice, but then the trail crosses inland a smidge and that made a huge difference.  So we did find one cache but then decided to screw it after that and walk back along the water.  It was so nice!!!

Good find baby!

Beach walkin

I love him

We grabbed a sandwich to share and chilled back at the condo.

Pat said he never really naps.  MmmmHmmm.  You do here my love ;)

Later on in the early eve Pat suggested we walk Del Mar again and maybe grab a drink or two and maybe some snacks.  Sounded delightful to me!  We hit the Cellar up again because they had a Rose Slushy I wanted to try!

Beer that came with a matching glass!

Rose Slushie!!!

We then wandered quite far and landed at a new sushi place!  Holy crap was that delicious!!!!  The place is called Sushi & Co and it was a hidden gem for sure!

Buy me sushi and tell me I'm pretty

After this we wandered back down in time for the last sunset.  None of these have a filter - it's that gorgeous.

I mean...

Can you even...

So peaceful...

Sunsets are my favorite color

The next morning we had breakfast at a little place below the condo then headed out.  I am so grateful that I'm able to usually do this at least once a year.

It was a lovely little escape in one of my favorite places with people I love!