Honeymoon #2
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sign14.jpg (86056 bytes)For a wedding gift, the Hudson's (Tom's best man, wife and baby), bought us an all expense paid trip to an Inn over on the Coast called the Pelican Inn.  It's known for a very British flavor, excellent food, quaint accommodations (7 rooms), being at Muir Beach, and being on one of the curviest stretches of Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway).

 
room02.jpg (40126 bytes)Tom Kicking back in the room after getting settled, but before dinner. room01.jpg (81605 bytes)Tom unpacking and getting settled. We pushed back our dinner reservations to 6:30, because we were running a little late and had to go back to the house because we forgot some of our cloths again.
 

room03.jpg (65013 bytes)view05.jpg (104004 bytes)We've been calling the trip our second Honeymoon.  A chance to get away just as reality was setting back in after the first honeymoon.  It was very relaxing.  Tom enjoyed the "Pelican Pale" ale, and we had a good time. Tom had the Beef Wellington and Tamara the Duck, for dinner.  We both tried a glass of the Pelican Merlot.  Breakfast was a traditional English style breakfast, with thick bacon, eggs over easy, toast, fried tomato, banger (it was missing the beans though). The food was great and Tom finally admitted he was full! 

 
room07.jpg (58205 bytes)On the Couch, we posed for a shot after getting ready for dinner. room04.jpg (82957 bytes)Tom, Checks out the View.
gotcha06.jpg (82289 bytes)You gotta be a quicker draw than that!

(Tamara trying to set the camera up for a auto-photo)

 room13.jpg (55665 bytes)Where's Tamara?
 

After dinner, We made the trek up the road over to the beach.  we took the scenic route there, through the horse path along the marsh.  Lots of bugs! and Rabbits.  We climbed around the rocks for a while and just let our dinner settle.  The hills blocked the sunset, but the view was still pretty spectacular.
snug08.jpg (94489 bytes)snug11.jpg (96109 bytes)Jim the bartender was good fun.  We retired to the snug at about 10:00, to find some other Inn guests were just getting settled in there as well.  After working on the fire for about an hour, Tamara finally got that going.
snug10.jpg (81229 bytes)snug09.jpg (81761 bytes)We hung out with the other Inn guests in the snug for a couple of hours. Mostly swapping war stories, picking on the fire and exploring the many interesting things in the room. Tom tried to get the Piano started, but no one would play. Eventually someone found the pelican. snug12.jpg (71317 bytes)Tom liked the many miniature boat hulls that were hung from the ceilings in the different parts of the Inn.  

We probably drank too much, and partied too loud, but when we asked the bartender about it, he said it didn't matter because we were the guests in room 7 and if we didn't complain everything was OK.  Room 7 is above the snug and bar areas.  Finally things broke down in the snug and after the main bar had emptied everyone went to that area to play a 5 way game of Tactics. It took a long time to play out.

On Sunday, after breakfast, we headed for Calistoga/Napa to do some wine tasting.  We visited some winery's we had never visited before like "Dutch Henry", "Casa Nuevo", and "Goosecross".  We also visited St. Supery, which was the winery we toured when we came to Napa for the infamous 6th date.  With more than an estimated 700 winery's in the area, it will take us a few more trips to visit them all.  We found out there is a special event the weekend of Tom's birthday where you can buy a pass to visit and wine taste at 40 winery's along the Silverado Trail over the two days.  We don't believe it can be done, but Tamara thinks we should try if we can afford a place to stay.

We were back home by about 5 PM with time to relax and enjoy the evening.  It was a nice weekend getaway.