J's parents flew in on Christmas Eve to spend some of the holiday break with us. We enjoyed having opening presents on Christmas with them and even more excited for having an excuse to go on an adventure and re-visit the Scenic Coastal Highway 1 and the town on it. Our first stop was the Natural Bridges Park. It is one of the wintering sites for monarch butterflies and we had heard it was a beautiful site. It was a warm sunny day, which meant the butterflies would not be clumped together on tree branches but instead flying around and more spread out in the woods. We were able to see some flying around, but personally I was looking forward to what would be described as like Chinese paper lanterns hanging from the trees.
The boys watching the butterflies flying around.
The stop also allowed us to take a pie break...did I mention that J made 5 different pies for Christmas! We had plenty of pie to eat and plenty of extra pounds to be worked off in 2012. After eating our pie...which by the way was pumpkin, apple, and strawberry-rhubarb...we headed down to the beach and took in the remains of the natural land bridges. We were able to watch some surfers and breath in some fresh ocean air, I don't know if I could ever tire of breathing it in.
I think they liked it too.
Had to take a picture of the surfing Santa as we drove past...so clever!
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