summer time!

the weekend started with a sleepover at kat's place on friday. myca wouldn't let me sleep (coz she's so kulet! hehe), so we got around to getting some rest at around 4am already. 830am, wake up time! breakfast and preps till 11am, then time to go!!!

lake cachuma was about two hours away, so we dropped by food 4 less (grocery) to buy some snacks. after more than an hour, we saw that the beach was right there beside us on the freeway. who wouldn't be drawn by it?? so we took the next exit and decided to have a quick stop over. it turned out to be one of the highlights of my weekend! =) it was so much fun, coz we just parked beside the higway, then climbed down the rocks that led to the waves.. i can still smell the fresh salt water that eventually soaked me from head to toe.. ;) all we did was look at the ocean and take pictures, but it was so relaxing and breathtaking that we stayed for quite a while.

the impromptu rock climbing made us hungry and joel had to buy some slippers so we had to make another detour before reaching our campsite at around 5pm. we missed the boat ride at the lake with the others, but it was worth it.

come night time, i didn't feel too good - i think the sun got to me. but after two stomachache/pms meds, i forced myself to walk around and enjoy the sights. good for me, coz i would've missed a lot!

the moon was so big! its reflection on the lake was amazing! actually, there were some people from the other camp sites that brought telescopes with them. they were so nice coz they let us look at the moon (it looked like the windows wallpaper - radiance) and jupiter, and a cluster of stars that looked like sugar hehe.. and one of them even told us stories about the constellations. hopefully i can still identify my favorites - big dipper (coz it's easy to spot), bootes (ice cream cone), draco (dragonheart), cassiopeia (serendipity), saggitarius (teapot - with the milky way as the steam coming out of it), and scorpio (saw this @ tagaytay).

i would've walked around till daylight, but it was so cold! and a bit scary coz it was really dark - no lights at all except from the lamps brought by campers. so into the tent we went, to find out that even there, we had to cuddle up and make do with just our towels for warmth. we didn't bring enough blankets! we didn't think it would get that cold since it was so hot during the day.

are you bored yet? i'm not! hahaha.. i woke up around 7am on sunday. took a bath, ate breakfast, helped with cleaning up, and then we were off to solvang to hear mass at 11am. now our road trip consisted of three vehicles - my siblings included. after mass at the sta. ynez mission church, we strolled around the place. solvang is this town where lots of tourists go to see a piece of denmark. almost everything you see is danish - the architecture, the pastries, the ambiance. we ate lunch at the park, and we let our drivers get some rest before going home.

the scenic route suggested by kuya jacx included three stops. we had a great view of the lake casitas, so of course picture taking is a must hehe. and the mountains and the ravines were just so nice to look at! even as my head ached and my eyes kept on closing, i tried my best to feast on everything that was around us.

we got home at 9pm. whew! i can really say that we made the most out of our weekend. coz there was no idle moment at all! i enjoyed everything! i can even say that i've got my summer getaway quota filled up. =) but well, there's always room for more,, so here's to a great summer!!!

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