Rob and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary by taking a weekend vacation to Livermore Wine Country. We decided to drive since it is only 10 hours from here. (We saw only until we started the drive back...whew, that's a long one!)
We left Thursday evening after dropping Sonora off at our friends house. (Thanks Lanni for watching our energetic puppy dog!) We headed out and stopped in Pasadena, California for the night. We wanted to get out of town so we could have pretty much all day Friday for vacation and Pasadena was a great 1/2 stop.
We left Pasadena at 7am Friday morning and pulled into Livermore around noon. We settled into our hotel and then headed out to the vineyards. The weather was 85-89 and sunny. We visited 3 wineries and that evening headed to Rob's cousin house. Anne and Craig live in Livermore and they have a beautiful home right in the middle of wine country! We enjoyed a great bottle of wine, a pork tenderloin from the grill, and great conversation. We ended the evening sitting on the front porch in cool weather watching the kids play out on the front lawn. We then headed inside for pictures then headed back to our hotel.
Saturday morning we woke up and headed to a local city park for a walk/run/hike. It was a great workout and a fun time with Rob. That afternoon we headed to a few more wineries and just enjoyed being in wine country. That evening we headed to Concannon Winery to watch the play The Seagull. The play was held outdoors in front of this old house on the property. It was perfect!
Sunday morning we got up, ate breakfast, and headed back home! We got back into town around 10pm Sunday night. Tired from the long drive and wishing we were still on vacation!
It was a great way to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary. I'm glad that we have had the opportunity to "get away" for both of our anniversaries. It really is so great be so close to California! We love it!
