Wednesday June 17th

We woke up earlier than usually to get our stuff around. Once we were done packing, we put everything in the minivan, and we went to Rah-Rah's house (Nicole's mother). There, we had to help her packing, and she decided to take “some food”...result: we emptied and took the entire fridge and freezer! Nicole made me try one of their organic drink: you take grass, put it in a mixer and drink it! It tastes gross! And then, she gave me “water” that actually was a glass of laxatives! Hopefully I only drank one zip. Instead of leaving at 9.30 as we planned, we left at 11. We stopped at Anthony's house (Nicole's brother), met Lynn (her other sister) and 10 minutes later finally left for the camp Rah-Rah. Each year, Rah-Rah organizes a camp where all the family meets together. This year, she rent apartments on the beach at Pismo Beach, 4.5 hours south of Sonoma, and 3-4 hours north of Los Angeles. We all followed each other on the road, and 4 hours later we stopped to eat at Chipotle. 30 minutes after that, we finally (I feel like I haven't stopped traveling!) arrived at the hotel. I don't think that I've ever been in something so luxurious! There are 3 complexes of hotels, valets came to unload the cars for us, it is 2 minutes from the beach, there are palm trees and flowers everywhere... It's paradise! Our suites are enormous! A kitchen, living room, dining room, 2 big bedrooms, 2 closets, 1 room for laundry, and 2 bathrooms. The bathtub is so big that I could sleep in it! In front of the rooms, there is a patio, and then a big swimming pool. Oh and there is also a barbecue place and place for weddings! We immediately jumped in the pool (warm water hum...) and the hot tub. Then we went to the fitness room where I ran a mile, and we finally went to the beach. There were seals!

This place is incredible!