Yesterday after work I got home and said to hubby Matt something along the lines of we had been so busy lately and so we never get to see each other and that life had been so hectic with our move and my school and work (blah, blah, blah, whine, whine, whine) that I really felt like we needed a getaway weekend. So Matt hearing my plea searched on line for any hotel deals he could find and next thing I knew we had packed an overnight bag and were in the car headed to San Diego for a spur of the moment over night trip!!!!! Yeah for being whimsical!! And yeah for a husband who understands that I NEED things like that to stay sane and have something break up the monotony of everyday life.
The place we stayed at was amazing! It was a golf resort tucked in the mountains of Escondido right outside San Diego. It was called Castle Creek Inn and was sooooooo out of the ordinary and romantic! Our room had a deck with an outstanding view overlooking the course, a vaulted ceiling and the room was all French decor themed. So much more fun than a Best Western!
The grounds outside were gorgeous and to top it off there was 4 soaking pools that cascaded into each other (more or less hot tubs, but soaking pools sound so spa-like!) It was a great surprise when we got there! This morning after soaking we had a scrumptious brunch and then hit the road to go see the Wild Animal Park. We get in free because we have San Diego zoo passes, but hadn't yet been there. I was excited because you get to see all the animals in the 'wild' instead of behind closed in cages.
We took the Journey Into Africa tour at the park and the highlights of the day were as follows:
Watching the Lions gnaw on the remaining bones of whatever poor creature they devoured for lunch. Hopefully it wasn't a tourist.
Checking out the two baby elephants play in the dirt. I was looking for Mogli, but he was no where to be found.
On the tour we got to see Wenzi the newest giraffe and they just found out that all the other female giraffes at the park are ALL prego!!
Trying to make the same expression that my new souvenir cup animal was making. Is it a cheetah? A leopard? A lion? Most likely a Tiger, but I really picked it cuz it's pink tongue was sticking out.
What?! Spongebob is in the African Safari too?! I had no idea!
The biggest nest ever, can't remember what kind of birds make it, but I do remember it wasn't as easy to get out of as it was getting in!
Me and my man by the lake. We had a gorilla take our picture. Those opposable thumbs really came in handy.
Hands down though my most favorite animal of the day was the Mattortoise. It was so dang cute I had to take it home with me.
Afterwards on the way home we decided to stop by Pechanga Casino to check it out. We signed up for players cards there because then you always get X amount of money to play with on the slots and what's more fun then playing with free money! We each got $10 on our individual cards so we played the penny slots and cashed out with $14. Then we thought, what the heck, it's not our money so let's play it all on the Wheel of Fortune game. Ten minutes later we walked out with $150! Our little trip fully paid for! Haha it was a funny end to our last minute excursion!
It was exactly what I wanted, a night away and a full day spent playing with my bestfriend. Now we are home from our mini vacation and the best part is the weekend isn't even over yet!
Moxie made our little twosome a threesome last Friday. We went to the Pet shop at the Simi mall to have make our usual rounds checking out all the animals and talking about what kind of dog we would want to get 'someday'. Next thing we knew 'someday' had turned into that day and we had bought a puppy! We had been waiting until we had found the perfect little dog, but we both agreed that we had definitely found her! (Although Matt later said he partly agreed with me because he couldn't say no to my puppy dog eyes. Ha! I didn't even know I was capable of making eyes like that!) She is a Lhaso Apso which is a dog I had done a lot of research on in the past because they are good for people with allergies since they shed little to no hair. Apparently like two thousand years the breed was only bred in Tibet by holy men and nobles and was used as a watchdog in temples and monasteries. Some watch dog since they only grow to be about 18 lbs!! But they have an incredible sense of hearing as we have discovered since Moxie will occasionally start growling inexplicably or perhaps she just sees ghosts!! She has been a ton of fun so far and is pretty calm most of the time expect for in this video when we got her all riled up and she decided she wanted to play WWF wrestling. 
