Ease On Down The Road

Last Friday we gave our 1 week notice at the campground. We decided that would be a reasonable amount of time. The manager accepted our resignation and agreed we would work our final week. At the end of the day she informed us that the owners told her to have Friday be our last day and to be out of the park by Sunday. Although we would have preferred to stay our final week it was not a surprise to us. We witnessed how they handled the leaving of a couple of the other employees and we more than half expected this kind of treatment. We left the KOA knowing that we did a good job while there and with no hard feeling for the mangers who said they would give us a positive job recommendation.

We had a plan B, so Sunday we hitched up and headed just a few miles down the coast to a very nice RV park for a few days of R&R. We can walk to the beach here and to the village of Pismo Beach. Victoria has been spending her days walking the shore adding to her collection of sea rocks and sand dollars. I have been doing a few minor maintenance things preparing for the cold weather that will be greeting us in Wyoming. We have both taken the time to be a bit lazy and sleep in and take the occasional nap. This is a quiet park and not having the constant roar of big trucks on the 101 freeway has been very peaceful.

Pismo Bch. a short walk from the RV

Sand dollars

We are going to need a bigger rig

Thursday we will head about an hour north for a couple of days. We plan to take a day trip to Big Sur. We have been told it is a must see area. After that it is back into the desert as we start the trek north. We will make a stop in Vegas to meet up with some friends and maybe do the Cesar’s buffet. I love those Vegas buffets. Then it will be on to Jackson with a couple of sightseeing stops along the way.

Overall we have enjoyed our stay here on the central coast of California. Victoria has especially liked it here. She is a beach girl you know. We are both looking forward to being back in the beauty of the Rockies and seeing old and new friends at our summer gig in Jackson Hole. Victoria will have to once again start collecting river rocks and drift wood from the Snake River.

Just A Nice Day

It seems like forever since we have gotten out to have some fun. Over the past month or so the weather has not been the best on our days off. And Victoria and I both got the flu that kept us in on camp couch. I still have a cough after 3 weeks.

Today we finally headed out to enjoy a beautiful sunny day with temps. in the high 60’s. Victoria had some packages to mail so we went to the Avila Beach post office. It is just a little room in the community center. Then we walked over to the beach and strolled out on the pier. Victoria wanted to take some pictures of the starfish that cling to the support pylons of the pier.

It was very foggy when we first arrived. The fog is called the “Marine Layer”. We could not even see the end of the pier it was so thick. The fog just rolls in and engulfs the beach and rolls up the mountains and down the other side. It is really something to see.

The two of us walked out to the end of the pier and down the metal stair way to the walk way under the pier. There were plenty of starfish although most of them were just below the surface of the water. As Victoria clicked away at the starfish I walked further down the walkway to find a sea otter floating on his back cracking shellfish open for his morning meal. We watched him crack open clams and eat them and then dive down and do it all over again. He hung out for several minutes and did not seem to mind us being there. He just floated on his back and ate his breakfast. After a while a kayak came along and scared him off. This was a great show. We have seen a lot of otters while hear but they have all been pretty far off. This little guy was no more than 10 feet from us.

Yum,Yum,Yum

By the time we made it back to the top of the pier the fog had begun to lift. We walked back to the street to one of the several coffee shops for a cup of Joe and a croissant. We sat outside and drank our coffee and watched the last of the Marine Layer burn off the hills above us as brilliant sunshine took its place.

For Victoria no trip to the beach is complete unless she walks the shore to find some treasures that the sea has washed ashore just for her. We walked the length of the beach and along the inlet of the little creek that empties in to the ocean. Victoria found “Some Of The Best Treasures Ever”. Most people’s souvenirs are tee shirts or maybe a coffee cup. We have been carrying sea shells and rocks and sticks from one side of the country to the other. I guess I shouldn’t complain she could want the kind of rocks you find in jewelry stores.

Sea Treasures

After visiting with a couple from New Hampshire for a bit we headed back home for some lunch. After lunch we washed both the truck and the RV. By 4:00 we were heading to the last of our photography classes we have been taking at the local collage. It was a fun and busy day. Just the way we like it.

Marine Layer (Not at the beach)