Coastal Charm ~ Trinidad Vacation

Rob and I took his mom and dad to the coast for their father's and mother's day gifts.  Great idea as we got to enjoy the coast as well.  We asked Colleen and Bob where they would like to go on the coast and they picked one of their favorite spots, Trinidad.  We arrived in Trinidad, had lunch and then visited with some family that lived in Trinidad.  We then went to the lighthouse and took some pictures.  This was my favorite of the lighthouse...

We headed to Trinidad Beach and took a few shots there and then went on the road that Rob and I jogged on for the Trinidad to Clam Beach 8 3/4 mile run early in 2009.

Mom and Dad

Mom and I had such fun taking pictures....It was wonderful to have a camera enthusiastic along....

Thanks for taking some pictures of me, Mom -- sometimes the photographer gets lost in the shuffle...but Mom made sure that I had a few pictures of me taken as well...

This was one of the pictures taken along the road Rob and I jogged along - I don't remember it looking so beautiful -- could have been that I was trying to plant one foot in front of the other and hoping that I would be able to finish that I didn't look up and see how beautiful the view was.  It was amazing how the weather  changed almost in the twinkling of the eye... I took one picture looking one way and then took another looking in the other direction...Interesting to see the difference in the sky.

Of course eating is always an important part of the day and Bob and Colleen remembered eating at this restaurant.  I remembered it as well once I got there.  I remembered bringing my young family here and we ate at big tables, no menus - you just got what they were serving that day and it was all you could eat.  The food was very delicious   We had soup and salad, ham, meatloaf, a baked potato and peas (Rob's favorite) and then yellow cake with chocolate frosting!

After eating I wanted to go to the beach so that we could all watch the sunset.  It was 7:30pm - I figured the sun would be setting fairly soon after that.  Wow, how wrong could I be!!!  We waited and waited and waited.  It finally set around 8:38pm.  Here is the before picture....waiting, waiting, waiting....

....and then two of my favorite pictures that I was able to get of the sunset...it was well worth the wait and the cold!  (Mom, Dad and Rob sat in the car and watched the sunset from the comfort of the car, but I braved the cold to get these shots for my blog!!!! :)

It was a wonderful ending to a beautiful day at the coast.