{Memorial Day Weekend 2012: Part Dos}

On Sunday we headed over to A.G. and wandered the Strawberry Festival. 

We ate a lot, drank homemade root beer and got toe rings.

I found this postcard in one of the shops in the village.

Later that afternoon Tyler took us all to his family's ranch where we cut our own lettuce, shot guns and picked our own avocados. 

Lettuce and pellets. 

Aubrey's photo of the Gang hanging out at the Ranch in the afternoon

I was sooo excited about picking our own avocados.... I mean R.E.A.L.L.Y excited....
I can't wait for them to ripen!

Alex took this photo of Christine, Michelle and me with our bag of avocados 

Tyler drove us on Monday to Santa Barbara so we could hop the train to L.A.

It was ridiculously stressful getting there {we almost missed it...} and we

had to make a mad dash from the car to the train.

But once on the train, it was smooth sailing and we hunkered down to do homework

while we watched the beach goers enjoy their Memorial Day holiday from the windows. 

Overall, it was a superb weekend...

filled with lots of laughs, strawberries and great memories.

{Memorial Day Weekend 2012: Part Uno}

Last year Aubrey invited us up to Arroyo Grande, right next to San Luis Obispo for Memorial Day Weekend festivities. 

Her home town of Arroyo Grande holds a Strawberry Festival every year to start off strawberry season. 

{last year I even participated in the Strawberry Stampede 5K....haha, fun times...} 

and this year the annual party grew, and so did the fun! 

On Friday I hitched a ride with Aly and Christine... 

Friday evening, we all met up at Avila for their Friday night farmer's market before having dinner with Aubrey's family. 

Saturday morning we went to Avila Valley Farm and we all piled onto the hayfilled trailer and took a tractor ride through the ranch. 

We also bought their homemade fudge from their little Sweet Shoppe. 

the family portrait of the trip

Then we headed off to the SLAM-JAM, hosted by some of the local longboarders for some windy entertainment. 

transportation up the hill 

 We stumbled upon some kind of Native American tribute/fire pit... 

it included a cow skull and painted tree stumps. 

It was so cold and windy we had to grab a sleeping bag from Tyler's car to keep us warm.

While we were bundled in our sleeping bag trying not to freeze, we noticed this goat

 {there was also a baby goat that would come up every once in a while} 

on the side of the hill.

It had a collar and a leash... later we saw the owner appear and it looked like they were just on their morning walk...

It reminded us of the Arroyo Grande police blotter that we read they night before...

apparently two goats were found roaming the beach while their owner 

went for her morning run. 

Only in AG.