We hired a pedlo for an hour and really enjoyed that. Then we just relaxed by the lake followed by a swim. The water was similar to sea temp in the English summer. Whilst paddling our feet by the shore we had quite a long chat with a guy from Sacramento, which is reasonably close by, between here and San Francisco. This gave us more inspiration for some walks around here, and also he recommended visiting the Jelly Belly factory and Budweiser brewery which are both en route to San Fran. You can taste the jelly bean in each of the ten stages leading up to completion. Sounds intriguing...
When it got to about 5pm we packed up and left, partly as a massive cloud had come overhead and blocked the sun. We then got ready and went to see if we could get a sitting at this restaurant the owners of the motel next door were raving about (we were meant to go and book in the morning when we went to the bank, but forgot). It's a place called Edgewood, which is a posh golf course with attached fine dining restaurant and separate bar.
They had a sitting but not until 9pm, so we went back to the motel, ditched the car and did the walk to the restaurant. When we got there the sun was just starting to set and it was beautiful. We stood there and appreciated it for a while before heading in to get a drink at the bar. There was a posh wedding going on there too and they were just having their first dance while we were having a drink. The windows from the reception room look right onto the lake so the wedding guests and all of us could see the amazing sunset whilst having drinks. We then went through to dinner and could see the last of the sunset from our table - idyllic. I think that's probably the best setting for dinner we've ever had.
In keeping with the surroundings, the food was to die for - Emily says that was the best dinner she's ever had! She had a tuna steak dish with Wasabi cream sauce, coconut rice, pak choi etc. The tuna was perfect. See photo at top of page.
After dinner and the multiple glasses of wine (when you order a glass at the bar here they pour you a third of a bottle - so despite the initial intention of not ordering a bottle, we had more + Em had the classic Margarita) we stumbled back to the motel and collapsed for bed. A relaxing day.
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Tomorrow we play some mini golf, go for a walk and relax by the pool or beach.
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