My husband and I took a long, four day vacation weekend to celebrate both Valentine's Day and President's Day.
We decided to stay at an Airbnb in Santa Rosa, California as a way to have a fun, romantic time spent together.
We started our long weekend by visiting the Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts comic creator) Museum and Research Center on Friday, February 13th.
We'd been wanting to visit this particular museum for probably a decade now. I'm happy we finally made the visit.
This two story museum is charming! It's small, but still packs a punch in terms of current exhibits, interactive displays, and beautiful outdoor grounds to walk through. We enjoyed reading the various comic strips on display, learning the history of the Peanuts comic strip (last year the Peanuts turned 75 years old!), and more about the life of Charles M. Schulz (like how he got the nickname, Sparky).
I think I enjoyed the mock up of Charles M. Schulz's office on display within the museum, the Baccarat Snoopy also on display, the architecture of the museum itself, and the outdoor grounds the most during my visit.
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| Me Outside the entrance for the Charles M. Schulz Museum |
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| Me standing next to the Charlie Brown statue outside of the Museum. |
On Valentine's Day, my husband and I found six Little Free Libraries near our Airbnb! In fact, one of the LFLs was a tenth of a mile away from where we stayed in Santa Rosa, which was super cool! We loved finding all six of the LFLs in Santa Rosa. Below are the photos of the LFLs we found.  |
| This is the LFL closest to where we stayed in Santa Rosa, California. |
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Our 2nd LFL discovery.
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| Our 3rd LFL discovery!! |
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| Our 4th LFL Discovery in Santa Rosa! |
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| This was the largest and cutest LFL we discovered in Santa Rosa!! |
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| This was the last LFl find in Santa Rosa!! |
We probably would have found more Little Free Libraries on Valentine's Day if the rain hadn't started coming down fairly hard. So, we headed back to our Airbnb and chilled out until dinner time.
On Sunday, February 15th, my husband and I visited Safari West in Santa Rosa, California! Safari West is another place my husband and I've had on our bucket list for a very long time. We LOVED our two hour visit at Safari West and look forward to coming back for a different in person experience next time.
Safari West is a 400 acre "immersive (animal) preserve where people could encounter wildlife, connect with nature, and learn through experience." They offer an onsite glamping experience, dining options, gift shop, safari tours where visitors can view "giraffes, rhinos, zebras, cape buffalo, and wildebeest on an unforgettable open-air adventure.", and several behind the scenes experiences.
My husband and I participated in the Animal Care Enrichment Experience Tour with animal keeper, Kelsey (I hope this is how she spells her name???), at Safari West. While we were there, we made enrichment toys filled with food for the DeBrazza's Monkeys. We learned so much about the Debrazza's Monkeys during our time spent with Kelsey. Kelsey was so engaging, knowledgeable, sweet, and answered our plethora of questions about the monkeys and Safari West.
After putting together the enrichment toys for the DeBrazza's Monkeys, we were taken over to their enclosure where we were able to see both Meeka (17 year old female DeBrazza's Monkey) and Mojo (18 year old male DeBrazza's Monkey) interact with enrichment toys we made for them. What fun this was!!
See the following four photos I took during the enrichment experience of Meeka and Mojo.
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| Meeka |
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| Mojo |
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| Mojo |
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| Mojo |
I hope you had a marvelous Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend!!
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