Vacation part 3

On Tuesday, Jonathan and Denise and I headed out to Monterey for the 17 mile drive. This is a famous scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach, much of which hugs the coastline and passes famous golf courses and beautiful mansions. We stopped at different areas to see the beautiful coastline and take pictures. I even braved the frigid cold water and put my feet in the Pacific!! We learned why it was called "Pebble Beach", and saw the famous Lone Tree. This is a 250+ year old Cypress tree situated on it's own little island and has become the official symbol for Pebble Beach. We also got a look at the Ghost Tree, and old Cypress stump that resembles, you guessed it, a ghost. Our tour took us through the Cypress forest as well as into Carmel. There we had dinner at Pacific's Edge, a very fancy schmancy (and wonderfully tasty) restaurant that overlooked the Pacific. It was a wonderful end to a fabulous vacation.

I dropped my family off at the airport Wednesday morning at 5AM, and returned to work Wednesday evening. =( Almost done with Cali though, and looking forward to rejoining the South.

In other news, Jonathan found out yesterday that he passed the Bar!! We had no doubts he would, but you have to wait an incredibly long time to hear the official news, and yesterday was the day! We are super excited and looking forward to moving wherever school takes us so he can specialize in tax law.

Additionally, we booked our plane tickets last night for Europe!! We will be traveling to Ireland, England, France, and Italy June 10-July 2. So I guess it's a good thing I have a blog....I will have more things to add!

It's going to be one busy and exciting summer!