Adventure Week, Day 1.

Today I started the official countdown to the beginning of my career.  In the next 3 weeks, I'm trying to have as much fun as possible.  So, this week, I am naming "Adventure Week", and every day I have to do an activity that I deem an adventure.  Adventures are what you make of them, so even small things count.

This morning, I woke up way too early as both our smoke alarms decided to malfunction at 6am. While most people would say, "Hmmm, both at the same time might actually mean 'fire', check for smoke", I knew for a fact it was a curse and proceeded to dismantle fire alarms at rapid pace. I then slept in for a little while more, then got up, read my Bible, drank some tea, basically relaxed. And then I called Christy.

We decided a little bike ride adventure was the ticket, so I loaded up our beach cruisers and picked her up.  We parked at Trail 1 at San Onofre State Beach Campground (affectionately known as Trails) and unloaded.  We rode from Trail 1 to the outlook at Trail 6 and watched the surf and bodysurfing dolphins, then continued south.  For anyone not aware, the bike trail through the park continues even after the park ends and cuts through Pendleton on down to Oceanside.  It's nice, mostly flat and for how close you are to the freeway, the sound is shockingly muted.  We made it almost to the scenic overlook halfway between San Clemente and Oceanside before turning around, but not before heading out to the end of the random helipad on the cliff and riding around on it.  We kept waiting for a Marine chopper to appear from below the bluff ordering us out of the area.  We figured since we're big girls with licensed jobs now, perhaps some sort of trespassing on military property infraction wouldn't look so good.

And then we rode back.  It was such a nice day- sunny, breezy, and not crowded.  Afterwards, we went back to Christy's house and made homemade Pinkberry style frozen yogurt topped with blackberries and blueberries.  It's easy and freaking delicious.

The only thing to top this off will be a bike ride to the pier to hang out with the Tall One's cousins before they split out of town.  TWO cruises in one day- it's like super fun day!

Tomorrow's adventure is to surf in the morning, maybe go for a hike afterwards.  Or we might put the hike off until Wednesday.

Work is really going to suck in some ways...

(Easy Homemade Frozen Yogurt- Large (32oz. ?) container of nonfat plain yogurt, 3/4c. of white sugar, 1 ice cream maker.  Mix yogurt and sugar in bowl, get maker ready and turn on, pour yogurt mixture into maker, mix for 30min.  Top with whatever the heck you want.)