Night driving during the warm summer evenings had me reminiscing about our more spontaneous care-free days B.C. (before child) where we would jet off on a vacation at the drop of a hat. But were we still the free-spirited Chris and Judy from the yester-years? I wanted to believe that we still were. This summer I started to get "the itch" (not that kind...).
There is something about the warm evening air, the glow of the speedometer, and one of my favorites tunes - Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'" echoing throughout the Prius that breaks out my impulsive side. "Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere. Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere..."
I look over to my husband, "let's do it, let's go somewhere/anywhere, just keep driving" I challenge. Up to this point, Chris had always been my voice of reason, reminding me of hockey practices, birthday parties, and errands to run. On this night, I would not have expected anything different. So once I saw the flicker in his eyes and his slight mischievous grin, I knew I was in trouble - he was calling my bluff. He gave me one hour to go home and pack. "Fantastic!" - although I was no longer sure it was. The time was already 9:30pm, that would mean that we would not be on the road until 10:30pm. Plus other vital questions dawned on me; Where were we going? Where would we stay? What were we going to do? How did we do this before? Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Perhaps we should plan ahead, etc. Ironically, it was because of child (my free spirited 6 year old) that we could no longer back out of our impromptu trip to anywhere and we were able to reconnect to our spontaneity.
Long story short, we ended up 5.5 hours south maneuvering the endless sand dunes of Pismo Beach on our rented 3 seater red dune buggy.
 Welcome to Anywhere - we've arrived |
 Driving on the beach |
 My boys checking out the equipment |
We watched an instructional video on how to navigate the dunes. Step 1: Slow down and drive parallel to the hill you want to travel down. Step 2: Stop to check the steepness of the slope and ensure that the path is clear of obstacles. Step 3: Proceed down the hill with caution. My husband, however, decides that he can distill this down to a single step. Chris's Step 1: See steep steep hill, floor it!
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| Right before the drop |
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| High centered - notice the steepness? |
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| Jay and I decide to sit this one out |
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| No where to go but down, down, down... |
The journey home was happy and triumphant. We have all found our inner child again (not that much of a reach for some...). I had the most wonderful weekend with my best friends, my family. Love you guys!
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