Honeymoon Day 2

We slowly got out of bed and headed over to breakfast in the main house. It was a little foggy, but looked like it was going to be another nice day. We ate inside in a closed-in porch. I ordered 3 eggs, breakfast potatoes, bacon, and OJ. Vanessa ordered Wild Mendocino Blackberry Corncakes. I was a little skeptical about the chef going out to find wild blackberries, but later we saw tons of wild blackberries everywhere we went. The breakfast was amazing. The OJ was definitely freshly squeezed and I have never seen bacon that thick. It was easily a quarter-inch thick.

After breakfast we went back to the room and got ready for horseback riding. We drove north into Fort Bragg, which is a town about 10 miles north of Mendocino. Fort Bragg is the only town in the area where you can get a cell phone signal. Vanessa wanted to call her mom to let her know we arrived, so I gave her my phone. For some reason it wouldn't complete a call. After trying everything I know for 10 minutes, I called customer service (Cingular). First they wouldn't talk to me because they said my name wasn't on the account. So I guess my name is good enough for the bill, but not for customer service??? I hand the phone to Vanessa because her name is on the account. I hear Vanessa say, "Yes... Uh huh... Okay... Well, he's my husband". WHAT!!! WHEN DID I BECOME SOMEBODY'S HUSBAND? Oh yeah, now I remember. It was just strange hearing that.

Vanessa hands the phone back to me. I tell the Customer Service lady my problem and her reply is, "I'm sorry, but we do not offer service in that area". So my natural response was, "Then how are we having this conversation?" I asked her two more times, but she never was able to answer that question, but I did learn that I needed to take the battery out of my phone, put it back in, and then it would work, and it did. Strange.

So we get to the horse ranch about 30 minutes early (as suggested). We walked inside and give them our reservation information. They stared at us blankly. They didn't have any record of our reservation. I had booked the reservation through the Bed and Breakfast. We had a private ride on the beach set-up for just the 2 of us. After 45 minutes, the best they could do is add us onto a group ride. That didn't sound like fun to either of us so we turned around and headed back towards Mendocino.

As we were heading back, Albert called us on my cell and told us that he had FOUND VANESSA'S JEWELRY BOX!!! After I had looked for two weeks Albert finds it in 1 day? What's up with that? He found it in a box that had PlayStation 2 games and DVDs. Why would she put her jewelry box in there? Oh well, at least it was found. V and I went back to the B&B to change again. I went to talk to them about our horseback riding reservations. They showed me email records and phone logs showing they had made the reservation and confirmed it 3 times. There's not much more they could have done. We walked over to an old graveyard we saw earlier in the day. Vanessa loves old graveyards so I walked with her for about 20 minutes. I think we saw every headstone. Then we walked to lunch.

We found a small place that served pizza, salads, and other strange stuff. I had a slice of pepperoni and V had an Empanada. I was relaxing out on the patio enjoying my pizza when I felt something strange on my arm. There was a bird sitting on my arm. I freaked out a little and so did the bird. He scratched me a couple of times before jumping on the table and giving me a dirty look.

We spent the rest of the day walking around town and looking at all of the shops. We walked down a trail (past more blackberries) and took some pictures looking over some cliffs and out into the Pacific.
Before dinner we jumped in the spa again, then changed our clothes. We ate at Café Beaujolais for dinner. It was pretty good, but not amazing. I sent a bottle of wine back for the first time in my life. It was a Gewürztraminer, but it didn't taste right at all. For appetizers I had the Seared Scallops and Vanessa had the Sautéed prawns. We both ordered the chicken for dinner. It just sounded good and it was. Simple, yet tasty. For dessert I was mean and made Vanessa pick just one. She ordered the warm peach cobbler with maple whisky anglaise sauce and fresh blueberries. Super tasty!