Truly the last day of our trip - shipping the car home. Here is one final look at her parked at the hotel from our room. The truck driver couldn't get very close into Santa Monica so we had to meet him out by the freeway. We called a cab to lead us, but ended up losing him on the way to meet the driver. We found the meet up point on our own though and called the driver to meet us.
Ryan drove the car up on to the truck himself.
Loaded up and ready to go - ETA in Minneapolis, Tuesday afternoon. Three weeks to get here, five days to get back.
It felt weird being without the car. Ryan and I walked around and went out on the pier for lunch.
Which consisted of a giant pitcher of margaritas and fish tacos - we ended up getting completely trashed (Ryan drank most of the pitcher and was worse off than me). It was awesome walking around on the beach, drunk, and seeing people in suits working - I forgot it was even a weekday.We went out for Indian food for dinner downtown and then I met up with my friend Emilie and her new husband, Brad for a couple of drinks. Ryan was still hurting from the margaritas, so he went back to the hotel.
All in all, this trip completely exceeded our expectations. We really learned a lot and came to appreciate how much history there is in America. I think in the past, I always thought of Europe as the place with a lot of historical sites, but a lot has happened in our country, from settlements in the 1300s, to railroads and civil war and all the changes that come with a quickly developing infrastructure.
It was also incredible to spend so much time together and see the sites and talk and laugh as it's happening. We both really appreciated everything each other did to make the trip fun and it will be weird to stop spending every second of the day together.
We are sad to see it end and are actually sitting at the airport as we post this (delayed 3 hours). We have definitely talked about how much this trip made us appreciate our home and friends more. We saw a lot of interesting places and met some great people - I'm glad we did this blog and spent the time thinking about each day and writing it down so we can remember it. Thanks for reading!
3 comments:
What an awesome blog, I've been checking it everyday, loving every picture and every word. I'm sad that there won't be anymore. This is like an online scrapbook and memory book for you guys of your romantic and wonderful honeymoon. Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
So glad you had such an amazing honeymoon! Thanks for posting this blog and letting us feel like we could be part of it. Hopefully your next stop will be Portland :-). We'll be waiting...
I have read every word and loved all the pictures. What a wonderful trip ergo a wonderful blog. Thanks for sharing!
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