We got a late start to leaving so we arrived later than expected. We set up the trailer, which took longer than anticipated since someone had to keep an eye on the girls while the other one was unloading. The girls did great on the drive up there and were very patient while we got everything set up. We decided to go out to dinner the first night since that was the easiest and quickest option.
Nellie fell asleep on the way to dinner but it wasn't long until Mila had her awake and was entertaining her.
After dinner we came back to camp, put the girls to bed and enjoyed some quiet time. I am not used to just sitting around on vacation (unless I am at a beach!) but it was really nice to relax under the stars, listening to music, reading and having some cocktails.
The next morning we woke up and Robert made us breakfast outside while the girls relaxed. It was a little hard with Nellie because she wants to crawl everywhere and everything was basically just dirt at our campsite. She's also in the stage of putting everything in her mouth so we couldn't really let her wander around. She spent most of the time in our arms or inside the trailer, where she was free to crawl wherever she wanted.
Mila had a BLAST! She loved playing in the dirt, being outside and running around with no rules. She got to stay up late, go swimming and yell as loud as she wanted.
In the afternoon we went down to the beach, but, unfortunately, the entire time we were in Santa Barbara the tide was really high so there was no beach area to set up chairs. Thankfully the campground had a pool so we went there everyday. This was Nellie's first time in the pool and, at first, she wasn't sure but she came around and loved being in the water. Mila was our little fish, as usual, and even swam around the pool (in her floaties) all by herself. By the end of the trip she was jumping in all by herself!
Back to the camp for nap time...which was in my arms because it's hard to keep Mila in her bed from waking up Nellie in her pack-n-play, they are just too excited around each other!
All Mila could talk about the whole trip was marshmallows so we roasted them every night. She was SO excited for the fire and for the oooey gooey marshmallows she could barely stand it.
Wednesday morning we woke up and drove to Solvang, which was about a half hour north of Santa Barbara. I wasn't expecting much, but the drive up and the town were beautiful! It was very country-esque and we saw so many animals (horses, cows, ostriches, emus); I loved the scenery.
Solvang was originally founded by a group of Danes and it is still very true to its Danish roots. It's a quiet little town with lots of bed and breakfasts', cute little shops and 17 wineries. I definitely want to come back on an adults only trip!
After Solvang we headed back to camp for naps (and for a picture that makes my heart explode with happiness)...
And then headed to downtown Santa Barbara with the cutest love bug in town.
We headed back to camp to finish off the night with marshmallows :)
We had a great week, didn't kill each other and are definitely looking forward to our next trip, to the beach, in October.
Thanks for a great vacation, El Capital Beach!
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