It's a beautiful, sunny day here! Saturday... It's the 23rd so it's the day before
Christmas Eve! And we're gonna go over to Solvang...Solvang is one of the top 10
Christmas-ist cities in America! So we thought it was a good place to spend Christmas!
Ahh, Ben has requested a day off from the creative in terms of vlogging so... I'm
taking over today and that means...They have to do what I say!
As you can see, Ben's not allowed to wear a hat today! Good product...We argued over putting
the Christmas sweater on Shelby and you can see who won for that to! - I'm the boss
today!...Since we have the new RV, something else that we're trying and we've never
done before...Is to have a towed vehicle!
Well, we couldn't really tow it over here behind the RV, we did bring an extra
car!... There's something to be said for not having to unhook the RV to go somewhere!
I have to tell you that the Flying Flags RV resort is definitely worth a stay!
This place is...
Really a resort...Like when they say resort, this is what they mean! It has
nice pools everywhere...Cabanas, you guys saw some of that last night...I went over
and used the showers this morning and they're like marble showers and...Subway
tile and really nice fixtures! It's a high-end place! We're kind of excited to
be here! I hope this power doesn't go to my head
today. Because when I said I have control, I really have control! Ben's an active
participant today...Yes, I am!... But he is following all of my recommendations! I've
asked him to get some nice GoPro footage for us on the way over there. So you can
see what a beautiful drive it is out here!
He's got navigation going for us so we don't get lost!
Is that a good shot honey?... Yeah, I guess!
Just in case you haven't grasped it yet, Ben is about the bossiest producer I've
ever met! So I'm mocking him a little bit today
with my bossiness...Exaggeration...No, not really! Really not!... Do you like...Do I get
to mock you in hahaha... No, no you won't be able to!
Nope! This will be a one-way street today!
If you're in California in the month of December and looking for something kind
of festive to do for the holidays...They have what's called the Yulefest here
throughout the month of December... Every weekend they have different activities
that are related to the holidays and... They decorate and have people in costume
and all kinds of things like that! So it's a fun place especially to bring
the family!... I've been instructed come on over and show you these buildings!
Because they look like a little village! But it's called the Royal Copenhagen
Hotel...What else did you say? I said; "I was told to come over here and
show you these because they look like a little village and it's the Royal
Copenhagen Hotel." What do you want from me?... I want you to say it without...I'm doing what you said...Acting like I told you to do it! Like it's a big chore!... I can
never make you happy... I think we found a place to have some lunch!
They have outdoor seating and music playing and it just looks nice and
festive!... This has to be the best salad I've had in a long time! You know you have
apples, nuts, gorgonzola cheese, a cilantro dressing, warm chicken...There's so many
contrasting flavors like sweet-salty savory, warm, cold and then yep! Gorgonzola
cheese which has a good bite! Yeah, this is an awesome salad!... Little Shelby was
having a pretty hard time getting comfortable while we were having lunch...
She just kind of kept pacing around...She didn't really want to lay down...I told
Ben, she wanted something to lay on... Case-in-point
his napkin fell off of his lap and she went and found it and laid right down on it!
No, our dog is not spoiled at all! Ben forgot to publish a moment for you guys
today, so he's taking care of that...And I'm gonna walk down here to this other
store that I wanted to look into... I don't know why he doesn't want to go!
I wanted to come over here and see what kind of Christmas ornaments they have!... This would be my kind of
Christmas tree, all seashells...I didn't find anything in there that I couldn't
live without! That seems to happen more often than not these days which makes
Ben happy but... I don't know, maybe it's getting older!
Maybe it's living more of a minimalist lifestyle! You just think a lot more
about what you're gonna purchase rather than just buying every little thing!...
Hey, having fun?... What are you doing? You got quite the perch there!... Okay, we're back at the RV park... Got
some comfy, warm clothes on...It's a little chilly tonight here! Ben's working on
some videos...Not a big surprise! He's always working on something! We've just
kind of been burning the candle at both ends this week...We are thinking
maybe it wouldn't be so bad just to hang out here and kind of enjoy the resort a
little...But we're thinking we've got time here so we don't need to just do
everything in one day and ahh...So I'm heading up to the front office, they rent movies
here and when you check-in...They give you a list of movies that you can maybe
check out if you want! So I'm gonna see what they have and... I thought I'd show
you around in this place to, it's really nice!
They have an insane wine collection in here!... You have drinks and teas and coffees...And they
have craft beer on tap...And a beautiful store...Wow, this place looks dangerous!
Camping supplies...A little bit of food and plastic paper goods...This looks
like stuff you might need for your rig!
Yep, it's a nice selection of things here!... There you go and the max you can have
them is two days!... Okay, okay and no fee?...No... Okay, great! Thank you!... You're welcome!
So we got Sideways and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
We have the Campfire Cafe here as well... And they have...It looks like breakfast
lunch and dinner...All kinds of snacks... And ice cream and something...It looks like a beautiful store!... I love that fire pit! I
really want to come over here and sit and enjoy it!
Here's the pool...And they have two jacuzzis, one inside and one outside...If
it gets warm enough, I'd love to use those cabanas!
Oh, and just to show you how nice this place is... I'm gonna show you the bathroom!
It is...Freaking nice! See look at this... Marble rolls...Subway tiles...Nice fixtures! Even if you
don't have your own RV, you can rent RVs or go glamping here. They have
permanently set up tents with like...All of the amenities inside! They look really
cozy and you can come and rent those instead of bringing your own RVs...That's
kind of a neat feature! And ahh...A different experience! And they're really cute..We've
seen some of them around here... They have old vintage trailers...Pretty nice grill
you've got going!... Yeah, this is the cleanest barbecue I've ever seen aside from one that I
opened fresh out of the box! This thing is spotless!... That's awesome!
Good Sunday morning and happy Christmas Eve!... We are gonna have a little bit more
fun in Solvang today... Thought we would start out by checking
out something kind of cool! Well, they gave us this full of food and
said to come outside...This is all just booing...Please do not stand near the fence unless you need
to really...You could get packed! Ben, you need to read those instructions!...No!...You
never abide by the rules!... That's why I say; Why read them if you're not going to stick by them...I've always said I
don't ever wanna be a female bird! They're never the prettier of the two!
Which appears to be the case with ostriches as well!... Ben found one to feed!
It looks like a female because her beak is gray, not pink...Apparently the male
ostriches have harems of two to seven female ostriches...That's a lot to handle! I don't know...Ha! What?... The
harem of that size would be a lot of work!... See, you don't need instructions!
Luckily you never get to find out...Hey, birdie...
So it's five bucks to get in! If you want some extra food it's
a dollar a bowl but you get one bowl for your five dollars...That's a pretty fun
experience!...A good bit of entertainment for such a nominal fee to get in!...Alright, guys!
Well, a little change in plans! I had a lot more planned for you guys today...We
were gonna do this really cool tour in Solvang with the horse-drawn like
trolley and you could go see the old architecture and hear the stories about
Solvang and stuff...And maybe grab a yummy pastry to take to my mom's for Christmas
tomorrow but...Shelby had a funny little event and...It's nothing super alarming at
the moment! She just uh hmmm...
Kind of indicated like she wasn't feeling so great today! And we put a call
in to Dr. Lipsitz...I think we probably need to adjust her medicines a little
bit...You know we've been cutting back on the prednisone, cutting back on the
immunomodulators...Trying to get her to as low dose as possible! And we cut another
one back about a week ago! Kind of stands to reason maybe she's feeling the
effects of that by the time it takes to bring this steady-state down to the new
level in the Med...And she didn't seem to really feel so great yesterday and then
today with this...We just...You know the ultimate reason that we are here is so
Shelby can be close to the doctor and...
While Ben and I can burn a candle at both ends, we can't expect Shelby to
right now! And ultimately we have to keep her healthy and well and rested and so...
We decided just to come back here, let her take a nap...We gave her some extra
medicine and we're waiting for dr. Lipsitz to call... I called and talked to
my mama as well and we decided to do that extra medicine with that but...We're
just gonna take it easy the rest of the day...Let her have some rest...
She's...She's fine! Like I don't want to freak everybody out that she's sick
again or something...It's just, they told us this would happen...Where we would you
now have to lower the dose and see how she did on it and then maybe bring the
dose back up! And I think that's where we're at right now but this is the first
time it's happened, so we just...Gave us both a little bit of a start and we want
to make sure that we... Go as easy on her as we need to so...
Anyway, hmm... I hope you had fun with our silly little vlog take over! When I do
these vlogs it reminds me of how much work and vision and effort Ben puts into
putting together the story of the beginning, the middle, the end! It
sounds really simple but it actually requires a lot of planning...A lot of
forethought and creativity to make it all come together and then the editing
process which... I promise you I won't be editing this video because it would be
like Christmas of 2018 before I could get it out...I will help to pick out the
clips and stuff, we agreed on that! But Ben will edit as usual and so hopefully...
There's a little bit enough of a story here for you guys to enjoy! Even though
it's ending a little bit more abruptly than I expected but...An extra little
prayer for miss Shelby Lynn would be much appreciated! But I think we're doing
okay...We just have to make these medicine adjustments and we need to talk to Dr.
Lipsitz about that and ahh...Then give her some extra rest!
She was pretty tired yesterday and I think... I think you know, we just need to
take it easy on her so...Anyway uhhmm we're gonna go to my mom's for Christmas
tomorrow and ahhh...
Have dinner and open presents with them so...We hope that by the time you watch
this, you'll have already had Christmas...So we hope you had a wonderful Christmas and...
Thank you for joining us... Just trying to think if there's anything else I wanted
to tell you guys but I don't think so! So if you haven't subscribed already, be
sure to do so! We've got a little bit more time here in Solvang...So hopefully
we can make the most of it and enjoy a few more activities here...And then it'll
be on to the North country of the Central Coast so...Thanks for watching, hit
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