She Said Yes!!!

Well, we had a pretty busy day yesterday and with things being as crazy as they were, we didn't get a chance to blog last night. Sorry to all those who were hoping for an update!





Yesterday starter off in San Francisco, with some crappy muffins, coffee, and some fresh squizzed OJ. James called and made dinner reseverations for Portabellas at our next destination, Carmel, for 5:30, the only time they had available ;) Secretly, James had made reservations a month earlier, and wasn't actually talking to anyone on the phone, but made it sound like he was. We needed to be at the Carmel River Beach by 7:00, so the reservations had to be for 5:30 (I'll explain more later).

We attempted to hop on the trolly and head to fisherman's Warf, but every trolly just kept going because they were all full. So we got smart, moved down the street and finally made it on holding onto the rail on the outside, which happened to be a great location, because James was filming the whole thing on our new camcorder.

After much lever pulling by the conductor, we made it to Fisherman's Warf, but more importantly, we found Ghiradelli Square!! We picked up some yummy chocolate and had some delicious fish tacos at the McCormick's & Kuleto's Fishhouse. After that, we took a cab back to the hotel, which was the same price except we were travelling roughly the speed of sound.



Surviving the low earth orbit, we picked up the rental and packed up all our stuff and hit the road. James wanted to stop by Santa Cruz and see the boardwalk and pick up a T-Shirt, a seemingly simple task, if you have a map. After stopping and asking for directions (yes, James asks for directions) we found the ocean, big blue thing, can't miss it. To all those wondering about visiting Santa Cruz... don't bother, been there, done that, got the T-Shirt.



Megan really wanted to go on the 17 mile scenic drive through Monterey and Pebble Beach, but unfortunately, we were running out of time. James convinced Megan that we could do the drive in the morning, so we wouldn't miss our dinner reservations, even though Megan asked to cancel our reservations.

We made it to our cute little B&B at 5:15, changed clothes and walked two blocks to the restaurant... which was completely empty. Megan thought it was odd that we couldn't get a later reservation since it was so empty. We had a delicious dinner of Filet Mignot (Megan) and Halibut (James). After dinner, James convinced Megan to go for a drive to the Carmel River Beach, even though the Carmel Beach was within walking distance.





The drive was spectacular, filled with incredible homes with even more incredible views. The road ended at a parking lot where we kicked off our flip flops and dug our feet in the sand as we made our way to the ocean right on time at 7:00.

Megan headed toward the water to see how cold it was and indeed it was cold! James rolled up his jeans, and headed to the water as well. James walked up to Megan and stood in front of her with a big smile on his face. James told Megan he had a question to ask her as he slowly got down on one knee. Would you make me the happiest man in the world? Would you marry me? "Yes, with all that I am, yes!!" Megan said. James dug a beautiful ring out of his pocket, and upon seeing it was showered with hugs and kisses.


James finally convinced Megan to put the ring on, which fit perfectly on her finger. After gawking at the ring, James had Megan turn around to meet Lindsey Walker, who was secrectly taking pictures of the whole event and meeting them at 7:00.

Lindsey is a local photographer who James had contacted a month earlier (about the same time as making a reservation), to take pictures of the proposal. We spent the next hour and a half having our picture taken while the sun was setting. James had to propose to Megan about 4 more times. Pictures are due out in about 3 weeks.



After watching the sun go down, we needed to celebrate the event, so we looked all over town for a place that was still open. Unfortunately it was 10:00 and Carmel closes at 9:00. We found a grocery store and bought some champagne and profiteroles, which were then covered with the free chocolate sauce we received from Ghiradelli and celebrated!

It was an incredible day, a memorable day.

We made it down to LA today, but we are both too exausted to keep writing, so we'll write more tomorrow about today's fun trip.