No Honeymoon?

No Honeymoon? That's right, Garret and I have decided on no Honeymoon. We have decided instead to take advantage of something more adventurous. We live in San Diego, so of course! the more we talked about it, the more realize how much we have in our own backyard. Why go anywhere we thought. Sure we could travel to see another part of the world but we already see more of what is going on around the world as it is through the News and Documentaries as well as Discovery Channel. We are quiet satisfied to stay put.

Well, not exactly stay put within the boundaries of the four walls of our home. We intend to enjoy all of the best that California has to offer, starting with a "Get away." That is what we are calling it, a get away. Instead of Honeymooning, we will be getting away from time to time to enjoy all of San Diego and California. There is so much to see why not start here? We have the luxuries of the beautiful coast of California and every Bed and Breakfast on the coast. As much as I love to blog you can be sure I will be blogging about our get away experiences.

I am a lover of the ocean, I absolutely love it. I wish I were spending more of my time there. I am spending less time now at the beach then when I was single and unmarried. Garret and I love to go to the beach together it is so much fun and filled with romance. One of our favorite get away spots that we have both discovered together is the Hotel Del. We live close enough to it that we don't need a place to sleep when we visit so we go there for the food, fun, entertainment, bon-fires on the beach and long walks. We especially enjoy the fudge that is served there. It is so yummy that I wish I could eat it all up in one sitting. Garret likes to buy a soda there which happens to be made from real cane sugar. The taste of the soda is very fresh and yummy.

When we visit from time to time we have had the chance to see a lot of fun elegant weddings and receptions both up in the crown room and on the beach. That is all apart of the fun and entertainment to see all the luxurious weddings that are happening. It is so romantic. We have had the fun of having had a date night thanks to my parents who gave us some fun date night spending money. When we went out to eat at Coronado for dinner, we were blessed to me a couple who was well, a little tipsy they had crazy stories to tells us that hardly made any sense at all. They were made of money, lots and lots of it.  I am not sure how many drinks they had but they seem to throw away money like it would grow back in seconds. 

Garret and I were only there to eat outside enjoy the fresh ocean air and eat our dinner by the fire. We didn't expect another couple to come sit down around the fire with us at all. We really liked our little fire space to ourselves what ended up happening was that this couple gave us a lot! of food that they had ordered and so we shared a meal with them. We didn't have to pay a dime, it was just given to us. For some reason they were fond of us yet, they couldn't understand what made us so different then anyone they had met. Maybe it was our humble spirits, but I believe they had never met a couple who loved God more then money. So it was a humbling experience for them I am sure yet the same was for us as we saw what having a lot of something could look like. It wasn't appealing but we did find ourselves amused by it all. What a great way to kick off the year right, especially before we got married. I suppose we were celebrating our victories even then.

like I've said, we aren't going on a Honeymoon, we are going on several escapes. At first I really wanted a Honeymoon. But then the more we thought it through we began to realize why would we want to spend big on a huge going out somewhere to find some kind of adventure for a few days or a week and then it's over? Why spend all that money to go some where way across the world when you could go exploring to several places and enjoy all the escaping you want until you, ooops! get Pregnant and then what? Life suddenly takes a change.

I am not ready for that change, I am ready to go out and explore my own backyard. After all, I did just get finished taking care of a generation of loving Grandparents. It's time for me to take that child safety lock off the door and go! I am ready to go. Who says you can't have a nice romantic evening on the beach with pillows and blankets and food! Or go hiking, have a nice weekend in the woods, camping! There is so much to see here, Disney land, Sea World, the Zoo, the tallest trees in the world! Deserts! There is so much exploring here to do that there is no reason to leave it. 

Once we have kids I am sure we will travel, but it's nice just having Garret and I together. It is a wonderful thing to have it be just us. Your whole world changes when you have kids, so I understand. The world of Newlywed escapes is unlimited! finding a drive to go see the stars somewhere dark is romantic too. Sounds like a bunch of super dates but if you are enjoying these escapes throughout your first year of marriage it keeps the fun of dating each other while you are Newly Married alive.

There is a lot of nice restaurants that we would like to explore, that we might not explore other wise. We are thinking of enjoying some fancy feastings. You know those really expensive meals you would never just go out of your way to enjoy on a regular basis, that is our agenda. Go out and try our fancy restaurants see how they are doing, and then tell the world about it on our blog. We love us some good food! The last fancy place that Garret took me out on a date for was, Guy's restaurant in Northern California. It was a really! nice place to visit, I absolutely loved it! I loved the atmosphere and I liked the lay out of the place. It was an experience. I felt, famous just walking in the doors to eat. The food even felt like an experience. I felt like I was being served like a queen and the food was a picture of perfection. It was delightful.


While we are out exploring within our own backyard the one thing that Garret and I have to admit we love! is our coffee houses. We just love anything that comes with coffee that is cold has Caramel dripping down the sides of the cup. We just love it. We love anything that comes with cake-pops, chocolate, a cookie, or a Danish. We can't help our love of good food, candy, treats and sweets. I sure do make us sound fat, really don't go out there and gobble up as much as I make us sound like we do. These are moments of sweets, treats and pleasures, rewards for a long week or savings being excellent. No matter how hard we try it seems like there is a need to go out and buy something. So we celebrate the little victories in life.

One way to escape if you are like me and are looking for one, hint, your own backyard. Yup the one right in back of your house. That is one I am referring to. Who said fort building was for kids? It's for grown up's too! You can always build yourself a romantic fort get away, bring in some nice tent like quality stuff make yourself a little hideaway. Some rugs or some pillows, some S'mores, watch a movie on the iPad. Make life happen! Have a romantic get away. There is no such thing as having no money to go on a Honeymoon, if you don't have the cash flow now wait awhile, don't rush into things. Enjoy the exploration of things you have wanted to do and do those things first.

For example I have wanted to get a personal massage at Coronado Del for some time now or visit a Hotel that has a hot tub it won't break your bank to explore saving up for one of those two options and call it good! After all who has time to go get a personal massage at a fancy Hotel every day or go out and have a fancy pampering session for just yourself. I have personally wanted to go to a Hotel to get away get a facial and while I am at it a massage, that doesn't mean I have to go clear across the county to feel like I have gotten away. I can go a few hours away and get the same for less then the price of a round trip adventure around the world.

If we could have our dream plan destination of course it would be a fancy cruise, the best money can buy, a personal pampering session for me of course and a gym for my man. A fancy feast of feasting all day long as long as the buffet line is open for Breakfast, lunch and Dinner and Dessert on the side, a dozen roses and a dozen chocolate coated strawberries. A trip to Scotland and all the exploration of dinning and food and travels and hiking to see great castles that is what we wish for. We can't have that kind of Honeymoon at the moment and that is okay too. We will be escaping to other places that are like castles, accept they are today's modern day fancy feasting restaurants and a romantic get away in our own backyard. What could be better than dreaming of a place you want to go yet creating the fun right where you are at, all while finding creative ways to enjoy the escaping that saves money. That is what we will be doing for the rest of our Newlywed year this year.