Bill Turns 40 (for the first time)

I had a secret plan for Bill's 40th birthday, and by jove, I was able to keep it a secret!

I told Bill to be home and ready to leave for a destination unknown by 3:30 on his birthday. I told him to bring lots of layers as we may need them where we were going. I juiced up the GPS, brought water, and packed up the car, and we were off! Bill was ready for a fairly long drive, so he was a bit confused when, 5 minutes after departing, I pulled into the Monterey Bay Inn... Surprise!

Bill is constantly saying Monterey is beautiful but we're too busy to notice most of the time, and that he'd love to take a vacation in Monterey. So for his birthday, I took him on vacation in Monterey!

I booked us an ocean-front room with a balcony:

and on the Aquarium sailboat's evening wine & cheese cruise:

where Bill got to help hoist the sail:

and we got a view of the Aquarium we don't often see:

At the end of the cruise, the whole boat sang Bill Happy Birthday. He even got an Aquarium birthday button to wear (which came off as soon as we disembarked the boat). We then dropped off our extra layers of warm clothes at the hotel, and walked to a yummy steak & potato restaurant for dinner.

All in all, I think his birthday was a big success (if I do say so myself)!