Sausalito Houseboat {Honeymoon!}

{Honeymoon!} blog series continues...

The first two nights of our honeymoon were spent on a tiny houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco bay.  I still dream about this houseboat.  For our honeymoon, we spent 11 glorious days road tripping around California.  And these first two days in Sausalito were some of my favorites from the whole trip.   

The gentle swaying with every little move we made, the amazing views of the bay and city skyline, the beautiful and blooming "floating garden", the comfy cozy bed with views of the water, the tiny little kitchen to brew our coffee, the kayaks to cruise effortlessly around the water, and the completely secluded, romantic feeling we got like we were on our own little island.  What better way to spend our first couple moments as husband and wife.

'This Little Port' Guest Post

 

Hi Guys!

I am guest posting over at "This Little Port" today while Gaby is away on an exciting camping and rock climbing trip with her husband!  While she's away taking in the great Australian outdoors, I'm talking all about one of my favorite parts of my honeymoon.  Hope you enjoy!

I hope your week is going wonderfully!  I had such a great time this past weekend, I'm trying to find some time to sit down and blog about it!  Weekend post coming soon (even if it means I post it a day before next weekend...).

Happy Wednesday!*

1st Day of Spring!

Happy 1st Day of Spring!!

I'm dreaming of pretty flowers, sunshine, and warm weather... and I'm hoping now that it is officially Spring, the weather will get it's act together & give me these sweet things!  Maybe if I'm really lucky, the weather will act like it did on our honeymoon in California... sigh.  We stayed on a houseboat in Sausalito for the first few nights of our honeymoon and it was pure bliss.  The "floating garden" was so pretty and peaceful, I could have sat out there all day, everyday and been completely content.  It was perfect.

(all photos taken by me & my husband on our honeymoon - August 2010)

honeymoon!!

soo... it's the end of october.
and we went on our honeymoon in august.
and i am just now getting around to blogging about it...
better late than never, right?!

we went to california
and it was the best, most magical and fun trip ever*
i present to you,
our honeymoon via photos:

we were in california for 11 days, 10 nights.
we flew in and out of san francisco,
rented a car,
and went on a little roadtrip!
here is our adventures in a nutshell

1st stop:
sausalito
we stayed on a houseboat
and it was seriously awesome!
it was on the san francisco bay
and literally rocked back and forth.

2nd stop:
sonoma valley
we went wine tasting (and beer tasting).
we went to 2 wineries:
ravenswood winery
&
sterling winery
(amazing air ride up to the winery on the mountain!)
then, bounced to 2 breweries:
lagunitas brewery
&
russian river brewery
(super awesome band was playing)

3rd stop:
yosemite national park
we spent 2 days hiking,
seeing gigantic redwoods,
amazing waterfalls,
and incredible views.
pictures don't do this place justice!

4th stop:
pismo beach
got upgraded to the ocean front suite = amazing
learned how to surf!
saw a whale in the wild!
ate amazing italian

5th stop:
santa cruz
home of the craziest people i've ever seen.
stayed in a cute little cottage!
went ziplinging on top of the redwoods!
ate tasty mexican food,
and went to see SambaDa!
(really fun latin band)

6th stop:
san francisco
did lots of touristy things, so fun!
went to the top of the coit tower,
saw the golden gate bridge,
saw the painted ladies,
walked down lombard street,
went to some breweries,
met up with frank & amanda!

then after a fun-filled 11 days of pure romantic honeymoon bliss...
it was time to come home.

california is a beautiful, amazing place!
i know we will travel back there some day!

and that, my friends, is our honeymoon in a nutshell!
:)

(we already have the travel bug again...
...slowly planning our next trip!)