Thanksgiving in Gualala

This year, Seli and I flew out to San Francisco to spend Thanksgiving with his sister Aylin, her husband Andrew, and their 14 month old Aaron. We flew out Thanksgiving morning, and immediately drove about 15o miles north to a town called Gualala in Mendacino County. Actually, we first stopped at Nick's Cove Restaurant for a little dinner. The restaurant was adorable - with a blazing fire inside, the restaurant looks out onto the Russian River. Despite it being Thanksgiving, all of except for Andrew had fish for dinner simply because it looked so darn good. Then we took a walk out onto the pier with Aaron so he could run and play before we got back into the car.


When we got up to our house in Gualala it was dark, so we opened a few beers, had some appetizers and then hit the pillow. Seli and I had been traveling in either a plane or car for more than 10 hours at this point so we were exhausted! The house we rented was right on the ocean so we woke up each morning for the next few days with some incredible views. Every day we went on at least a few hikes along the coast. There was a trail basically right in our backyard, so it was very convenient! Otherwise, we pretty much lazed around and relaxed. The place had a hot tub on the back deck so that was pretty nice after a long day, and on Friday we cooked a full Thanksgiving dinner - Turkey and all. Yes, apparently Turks do eat Turey! Bad joke, I know...

Anyway, Monday we were back in San Francisco and so Seli and I did a little sightseeing. We headed out to Alcatraz for awhile, then to Chrissy Park with Aylin and Aaron, and then visited Union Square to watch the ice skaters.

It was a very relaxing and fun trip, and it made me even more excited to see my family at Christmas!!!!