This bear flies private

Today, we just decided to fly to San Francisco for a day trip.  Mostly because it was basically free thanks to a Jetsmarter free trial.

We pulled up to the Atlantic Private Aviation terminal, where I chilled out in the lounge.

Shortly after, our pilot came into the lounge and it was time to board our plane, a Bombardier Challenger 300.  This is a 8 seat, $17.4M jet, and our flight was operated by XOJets.

The flight wasn’t too crowded.  There was our group, plus two other passengers.  I got comfortable right away.

Today I met Puppy for the first time.  Puppy’s Linda’s dog bud.  It might have been his first time flying private.

Given that it wasn’t MY first time around the block, I gave him some pointers.  I even sat with him, you know, being a helpful bear and all.

This is the way I should always roll.  You got that, Nicholas?

This thing about Lighthouses…and a wedding

This weekend we went to Paso Robles to see my bud’s friends, Kurt and Devon get married.

That’s them.

My bud and Pokin cheered them on.

It was my first time to Paso Robles. I didn’t actually realize there was wine country south of Napa. I guess I’ve been ignorant!

After their wedding, it was time to head up to San Francisco for some meetings.  Along the way, Pokin wanted to see some castle.  It was ok.

Hearst Castle is this crazy building built by the founder of the Hearst Media empire.  Apparently he was inspired on a trip to Europe an wanted to build his very own castle in the middle of nowhere, California. It start as a bungalow apparently. Then scope creep happened. It got big. And ridiculous. Now it’s a tourist attraction.

Onward to SF.

Nicholas’ mom really likes lighthouses. I don’t get it, but we went to see one anyway. Here it is.

After that we stayed at a random hotel which was entirely unremarkable until I saw they made me a bear size throne. Nicholas said it was too big for me, but he just doesn’t understand.

This is the perfect throne for me to grow into.