This is the Place!

We just got back from a trip to California and we have found it! The place of our dreams. Seriously, we are so excited. We found this town that is so close to so many cool things. We drove about an hour to the coast and saw this...

About twenty minutes away is this beautiful lake...


The drive was gorgeous. You go up through a canyon with a little creek where you can fish and camp and then it opens up to the lake. We drove through towns that seemed to be all orchards and farms. We were told that in the summer time you can get wheelbarrows full of fruit and veggies for super cheap and a lot of them are organic.

These pictures are through the windsheild so they are not very good, but you get the idea.

About 3 or 4 hours away is Yosemite which is amazing and beautiful. San Francisco, one of the coolest cities I've ever been to, is a short drive. Snowboarding at Tahoe is about a 1 1/2 hour drive. This place has it all!! We met some people at church that told us it is basically spring from February through June and you can go to the beach or go skiing- take your pick. Or you can just hang out at home and enjoy 70 degree weather! Seriously, what could be better than this??

The town itself is perfect, too. It is small enough that there is zero traffic and you can get anywhere you need to go in 10-15 minutes max. Jude hopes to have his office close enough to ride his bike to work. But, you still have a Target, Costco, Nugget health food store (very important), Rubios, Jamba Juice and some of the best little taco shops here and there with authentic, we have missed it so much since San Diego, Mexican food. There is a cute little downtown with restaurants and parks and a town square. It's not much, but it's cute enough. Every Friday night in the summer they have a free outdoor concert in the park downtown.


One of the best things is that there are beautiful rolling hills that are preserved which you can have in your backyard. Here are a couple of pictures of backyard views from some houses a realtor showed me.



We are so excited!