Our Weekend in Paso Robles

Izzy

11/5/2020

This past weekend, Mom, Ethan and I went to Paso Robles. We drove up on Friday, October 30th and missed our last zoom class. The drive was pretty long, about 6 hours going and 5 coming back. We had a great weekend with mom's friend Lecy and I really loved visiting a new town!

When we first arrived on Friday evening, we got to our room and got takeout from a nearby restaurant called Odyssey. I had some pretty goods tacos and then we filled up the hot tub on our balcony and hung out in there for a while. On Saturday we got to explore the town. It was small but welcoming and Ethan kept saying it seemed really old because of all of the brick buildings. We had an AMAZING brunch at a place called Brunch. which was only a short walk from our hotel. We stopped in a really cool shop on the same block as Brunch. called Viva Paso. We found some really cool art and the artist, Jeff Classen was there selling his art. Mom and I each got a piece and another really cool print. Ethan got a swan stuffed animal and actually named him Joe Biden. Walking back from the shop, we experienced our first Trump 2020 car parade. SO many trucks drove by honking with their Trump flags. And I mean there were LOTS. Honestly, I had no idea how to react. It was scary to see that so many people support someone so putrid, and ignorant and we were reminded of how much of a bubble we live in in San Diego.

After that we hung out into the room until Lecy came, and then Mom and I went to walk around with her. Ethan, Mom, Lecy, and I then went to the Field of Lights, the main reason we went to Paso Robles. The Field of Lights is a light instillation by Bruce Monro with almost 60,000 light spheres. They were different colors and we got there before it was dark so we saw it come to life. There is a trail to walk around through the field. I really liked it and it was super cool to walk through. We went to La Cosecha after walking through an art exhibit for a while and spent a long time talking at dinner.

On Sunday, we had to go back to Brunch. with Lecy. We stopped in Viva Paso again and then got ready to leave. It was a quick trip but a fun one and I hope to be able to travel again soon after COVID.