Hello from just outside Sequoia National Park! We stayed at a Bed & Breakfast last night – my first one ever! But, let me back track. 
Ben and I drove up yesterday and made a quick stop for dinner. He got a burrito from some Mexican place.
I got a tuna salad from Subway. I would have gotten the sandwich, but they only had that white bread left (and not even the good kind with cheese on top!). 
There were also road trip snacks! (The best part of a road trip if you ask me!!) 
The Sequoias are about 5-6 hours away from Orange County so we drove for about 3 plus and stopped for the night. We stayed at the Kern River Inn Bed & Breakfast. This is my first time at a B&B – I’ve ALWAYS wanted to stay at one! Is that weird?
We were greeted by the Inn Keeper and her cat, Max. He ended up sleeping with us most of the night! 
Bed & Breakfast places are so weird, but awesome. It’s like staying at a friend’s house, but that friend was a stranger 5 minutes ago?! Our room was called Whiskey Flats.
We were tired and went straight to bed (with Max)!
This morning I took pictures of the Inn. It’s so cute! Here’s the dining area:
We checked out the river across the street while waiting for breakfast.
The spread was beautiful. The inn keeper and I talked about the blog while I took pictures of the food. Turns out this is her most “un-healthy” spread out of the usual. 
This is a cross between a bread pudding and French Toast casserole with peaches. She doesn’t have an official name for it – can you think of one??
The rest of the spread…
I got a little of everything except the sausage. 
This is a lemon yogurt muffin…
And her homemade granola!
Now we’re headed to the giant Redwood trees! 
Question: name this French Toast – Bread Pudding dish… (Today she made it with croissants, ricotta and peaches.)
Fun Fact: My secret dream is to open a B&B on the coast of CA one day 🙂
It looks like you’re in the holiday season when all the photos were taken. It seems a very enjoyable holiday for you. I see a lot of the photos show very beautiful angle and gorgeous, including the food photos. It looks like very delicious.
Jelly jel of your weekend! I heart B&B’s.
Looks beautiful and seems like y’all had a great time! Yay!
This place looks absolutely amazing. I have never stayed at a B&B but it’ll happen one day–when we have the time and funds for it. 😉
We had those same dining chairs when I was a child! How random! Yay for a bed and breakfast too, I wondered how places like that are doing with the state of our economy.
She and I actually talked about the economy and stuff. I think a lot tourism dependent places are suffering 🙁
You and Ben are in our heaven. We love Sequoia National Park!! I am so jealous. We didn’t get to camp up there this year bc I had torn my pec. Fail. Hoping to get up there this coming spring. I miss the trees!! :l
Hope you’re on the road to 100% recovery 🙂
Such a cute bed & breakfast. I actually tend to prefer the buffets at a BB than at a big chain hotel, it’s so much more “natural” (the good ones anyway)
Sunday sunrise casserole? It looks amazing and filled with vitamins:)
B n B’s are so cute and my husband and I love staying in them. It is a little weird to stay in place that originally was someone’s house, but they’re so cozy. If you ever want another romantic place to go, The Seven Gables Inn in Pacific Grove is awesome. And it’s just a mile and a half walk (or short cab ride if you’ve had too much to drink) to Cannery Row in Monterey.
Oooh! Thanks for the heads up on that B&B!
B&B owners are SUPER FRIENDLY! The one I stayed at read my blog 🙂
I don’t think it is weird you have been wanting to stay and a B&B… they are SO charming! The first one I stayed at was in Montreal… in the morning we ate breakfast family style with other tourists from all over the world. It was so refreshing to truly connect with other people we didn’t know until that morning. Bread and Breakfasts are sort of humbling and connect us with the town/people in a world where we are so often disconnected from people (besides the internet of course)
Maybe a French Breakfast Trifle? Or French Peach Pudding?? haha Looks delicious! How were those muffins? I love lemon ANYTHING 🙂
Safe travels!!
I’m not a lemon baked goods person, but they were super good!
I love bed and breakfasts! So quaint, and they all seem to have pets. I stayed at one in upstate NY (The Edge of Thyme, haha) and they had a bassett hound named Fred. It was the best!
I love B ‘n Bs! 🙂 Such a cute and quaint place.
Looks like a cute place to stay! I’ve never been to a B&B either – and I really want to, too!!
As for naming the dish, how about: Madamoiselle Peach’s Bread Pudding ?
That place you stayed looks great. Hubby and I stayed at one when we first were dating in Newport RI that we loved and was set up very similar. We stayed at another one on our honeymoon in North Conway NH and it was so crappy it inspired us to buy a timeshare down the street. Hope you have a good rest of the trip.
Tracy, Did you see the comment above you? Her fam owns a B&B in Newport! Wouldn’t it be cool if it was the same one?!
Beautiful place! My parents own a B&B in Newport, RI. It was always something they wanted to do with an old family farmhouse and they did! It is super cute!
I love Sequoia! We usually camp though but we have driven by that B&B. Definitely hike up to Moro Rock. It’s beautiful. When we went in June our transmission went out up on the mountain. Not fun! Hope your trip is better.
Oh my gosh my brakes were totally making a bad noise! That drive kills cars.
Hubby and I are taking a trip to Sequoia National Park in November. Can you include the names of any hikes you do when you blog about them for our reference?
All we ended up having time for is the Congress Trail (not a legit hike). It is about 2 miles. Then, we walked to the museum about 1.7 miles away and took the tram back. It wasn’t difficult hiking, but I saw a BEAR!!!
Not to be taken literally but as soon as I saw the ingredients “croissants, ricotta, and peaches” I thought of an acronym: Crapa Casserole [Crossants, RicottA, PeaAches] 😛 Hope it didn’t taste like “crapa”!
I visited the redwoods years ago when we did a CV vaca tour and was amazed by their size!
***croissants, oopsies!
***CA, haha total typing fail today
I love staying at B&Bs – that one looks absolutely gorgeous! I have stayed at few weird ones though, including one where the decor was completely black and more than one with lots of scary dolls … argh!
Whatever that thing is actually supposed to be called, I think “casserole dish of deliciousness” would be more appropriate.
Looks adorable! I love B&Bs, they’re so charming. It’s really fun to have a unique room. Sounds like you guys are already having a great trip. Enjoy!
I would call it “Peachy Pain Perdu” since the French name for America’s French toast is Pain Perdu and the peaches enhance the deliciousness! My boyfriend and I love b-and-b’s – enjoy!
Love that name!
Definitely the cutest BB ever! I love the looks of that french toast/bread pudding thing! Delicious! 😀
Looks like a lovely trip so far! B&B’s are so much more fun than hotels.
Maybe call the dish a breakfast casserole, but that name doesn’t seem to describe the yummy goodness well enough.
Peaches and cream french toast casserole?
I’ve always wanted to stay at a B & B, too. The one you stayed at looks lovely. I used to live in Monterey and there are TONS in the area…SO beautiful.
Hope you and Ben have a great time visiting Sequoia!
Did you grow up in Monterrey?
Well, I lived in Monterey from ages 7 through almost 15….until my family moved in Florida. Before Monterey, I lived in Orange County (Yorba Linda). It’s such a beautiful place and I wish I could live there again.
Just the thought of staying at a B&B creeps me out. It’s much easier for me to not think about who has stayed there before in a hotel where I know things are getting cleaned on a regular basis. Plus I hate small talk. So uncomfortable!
A B&B? you should DEFINITELY open one. Truth: I actually own a book called, “How to open your own bed and breakfast”. I got it at a thrift store about 7 years ago. Haven’t ever opened it. 😉 I can send it to you!
I need to borrow that book! 😉
How about Peachy Parisian Rise ‘N’ Pie?