the way we go

memorial day

and 

kenneth is off

which is a rare thing: him being off for a holiday

so

we decided to go

our options:

mountains

or beach

the only requirement

must bring dogs!

let me digress

do a little story telling

kenneth is a 

"make his own trail"

type of guy

for example

if we go hiking

and there is a clear trail

he veers left

or 

right

 whichever way 

looks the most challenging

my fear:

i fear getting lost

and long tunnels but again that's beside the point

so 

his sense of adventure

plus my fear of getting loss

tends to make us 

interesting travel buddies

after seven years though

i've found ways to compromise

first

select destination

beach it is!

second

use the gps

i know i just said kenneth is no maps kind of guy

here's the compromise part

then

choose "point of interest near me"

select "beaches"

and allow kenneth to randomly select one

ok so our first beach ended up being a cliff

but the second was a beach

now why didn't we go to caorle beach

like every other american on memorial day

because folks

that would be kenneth taking the main trail

the marked trail

he doesn't do that

with the help of the gps 

we ended up

at {grado beach}

a nice quiet beach

with beautiful scenery

this was the pups first time at the beach!

on the way home

we found 

a beautiful winery

{ca'tullio}

and 

kenneth's said 

"lets stop!"

this was a shock 

due to the fact kenneth doesn't drink wine

so we did

after i sampled a few glasses 

we ended up 

leaving with six bottles

which included a 

'becca size bottle of refosco'

continuing our drive home

we found

roman ruins

and in our region 

roman ruins are rare!

the day went perfectly 

as unplanned as it was

and 

maybe one day

we will get to caorle beach

where every other american goes

but for now

i like my husband's sense of adventure

even if it does lead us to a cliff the first time!