I had planned a little surprise for my mom while she was here visiting. A two night mother-daughter trip to the beach. Before we left she and Jeff were talking about her ‘bucket list’. My mom mentioned all of the travel related ones she wanted to do. She had already ridden in a hot air balloon and flown in a prop plane, but she still had a motorcycle ride and wanted to drive in a convertible again. We couldn’t manage the motorcycle ride but Jeff solved the other one by suggesting she and I rent a convertible for our trip to the beach.

Any convertible would have sufficed, but Avis had a gorgeous yellow convertible Mustang. It made the trip that much more special, cruisin’ out to Cannon Beach with the top down all the way.

We had a nice suite at an historical Bed and Breakfast, had dinner in their French restaurant and hit the beach, just in time to appreciate the sunset. One of the many perks of living on the west coast, sunset over the ocean. On to Day 2…