We were set to leave at 7am on Saturday to beat traffic... after sleeping in until 9, it became more of a 9:30am start time. Whoops. But totally worth it because there was no traffic afterall. A quick trip down the 17 and we were in familiar Scott's Valley. More specifically, Rocky's. A favorite breakfast place of Josh and I. After our usual (Greek omelet and blueberry pancakes... split 30/70) we made our way to Wilder Ranch for some hiking.
Wilder Ranch is just off the 1 along the Pacific Ocean. We'd never been here before but heard some good things about it, so we went for it. Our hike led us to a fabulous look-out at then the trail kinda took a turn for the wild... we basically needed a machete to get through the tall grasses. It definitely was the trail less traveled. But that has it's perks... what we thought was a mountain lion creeping us in the bushes turned out to be Bambi! So that was a fun surprise...
Our next stop was my all time favorite lunch spot - Zoccoli's. YUM! The Greek Feta is my signature sandwich. Paired with some lemonade - perfection. Josh ventured out for the muffeletta with his standard Arizona Iced Tea.
Next on the list. The Buttery. The buttery made our wedding cake and I'm not just being biased but it was the best wedding cake ever. Their carrot cake? I die. SO fabulous. So 2 cupcakes were in order.
We took our findings and headed off to Skyline Park for an impromptu picnic. Laying in the sun, barefoot, watching the kids play baseball with dad and the dog play fetch over and over and over in the perfect breeze... now THAT's a holiday!
The best part about this trip - it made us realize that we don't need a 3 day weekend to go and play in Santa Cruz! It's so close! We could go every Saturday if we wanted - Monday off or not! And you know what? I think we will...
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