avila beach and the best burgers

 living in california, i've become a big fan of the little

beach towns all along the coast. they all have their own

personality while still having the classic CA vibe. 

last weekend while in san luis obispo with friends, we had to

visit the beach town nearby. avila is so close that it's basically

SLO's beach that everyone goes to. it's a charmer, and feels so

unknown -- like only locals are there. it's slow-paced and 

and absolutely beautiful. we walked around for a few hours 

until it started to get chilly in the afternoon after a hot day.

^^ love this friend & this pretty blue water

^^ chase's copter camera sure gets us pretty aeriel views!

^^ it also gives me scares when he does crazy things

like fly it under the pier between these columns..

^^ they sent the drone SO high in the sky, you can barely

see chase & dusty on the left. it went a lot higher, so that

we couldn't even see it! love their landing pictures :)

this old rickety pier goes forever. we all talked about piers

as we walked down it and started looking up facts about

them and why they started, etc. haha great conversation.

once the clouds rolled in and we had our fill of the beach, 

we left for a little nap at our hotel { i told you we slowed 

down this weekend!} and then we were starving and ready 

to eat. good thing we headed straight to eureka burger!

this california burger chain is really popular all over, and 

we were excited to try the san luis obispo location. it was a 

perfect night for burgers after a long day of hiking, beaching,

and with lots of football on! it was such a fun atmosphere.

alfredo mac appetizer + unique bruschetta ^^

love these dinner dates...haha excuse the fact that chase

is watching football and forgot to look for the picture! ^^

 we tried such unique food from the fig burger to a bison

burger to a steak salad...the menu is amazing! also, 

notice the honey dripping down the fry cup? that's 

because their fries are honey cinnamon sweet potato.

yes. my mouth is watering just thinking of that combo.

so amazing! this is no regular burger joint -- it's gourmet!

we watched our utes football game vs. oregon in the

restaurant which was fun until midway through the meal

when the craziest and worst play ever happened ----- truly

i've never seen anything like it. we almost cried! good

thing we had the amazing food to drown our sorrows in :) 

and our waitress was the sweetest person who was also

cheering for our utes just for us! still a fun place to watch.

 ^^ we finished off with some warm apple crisp, just

how i like to end a fall day. {and then had some more

cookies back at our hotel as we played lots of games

and tried to forget about the football game...}

thanks for welcoming us, eureka!

what a saturday.

xo