It's a lot warmer than usual here at the beach but fortunately, there is a good breeze now so it is really quite nice. Hopefully tomorrow, during the mid day heat there is still a breeze. It's supposed to be in the 80's tomorrow. Usually when we're here you need a sweater.
Monday:
Our campsite at North Campground. We had breakfast and then took a walk down the beach and saw these buzzards. I guess to then sand is sand, desert or beech?
Dawn found this complete jellyfish. Usually we just see pieces. On the right are Dawn and Lou walking toward the pier at Pismo.
A couple of ducks showing their best for the camera at a pond near our camp.
The tide was unusually high and spilled over the rise of sand near the waters edge.
Humming birds are hard for me to capture with the camera I have. By the time I find them they move. Someday?
We also went over to the eucalyptus grove to see if the Monarch butterflies were there. They weren't. Just a few fluttering about. When we returned I woke up the RV printer and Internet so Dawn could print and email here homework. We then got the car loaded for Lou and Dawn's trip back home. After they departed, I tinkered on the Internet for a while. It's best to use power when the sun shines. I walked downtown to the hardware store. I got a couple of screws for the range top cover. It's always coming loose. Maybe it won't now. Don and Judy came over to the my campsite about 4pm. We chatted until about 530 when it got too cold to be outside. They head back to their camp.
Doug and Helen arrived about 6pm. I walked over to help them setup at Holiday RV Park. Don came over too. After they were settled, Don took off and Doug, Helen and I went downtown for dinner. Unfortunately, the Pismo Fish and Chip restaurant is closed Monday's so we went over to the Splash. Nowhere near as good but good enough for dinner. I then went home for the evening.
Tuesday: I pulled out the folding bike this morning. I rode over to Uncle Doug's place about 9am. There were a few tasks to do to fix up the RV. About 1130, we headed out to the Girls on Grand Ave in Grove Beach, for breakfast. After "breakfast," We checked out Brisco's hardware and found some brass rollers that looked like they would work to replace the sliding glass door rollers. They did and it now glides smoothly. We didn't fare as well with the other parts to repair the refrigerator shelves, but did find the door latch. Tasks completed it was time to visit. Don and Judy came by about 5pm and we went to dinner about 6pm, at, of course, the Pismo Fish and Chips restaurant. Then it was time for me to retunr home and check in with the computer to see if it needed me. By the way, we had a nice day, mid 70's, no wind.
Wednesday: I don't seem to get going too early the past few mornings. That must mean the neighbors here in the campground are good, quiet neighbors. When I did get moving, i went over to Doug's place and we went over to Francisco’s Country Kitchen for breakfast. I enjoyed a nice homemade corned beef hash and eggs, Doug had the standard bacon and eggs and Helen had another standard, oatmeal. After our return, I rode the bike up to Arroyo Grande checking things out along the way. I enjoyed a cream puff at the Éclair Bakery there in Arroyo Grande.
Thursday: Breakfast at Francisco’s Country Kitchen again this morning with Doug, Helen, Darwin, and Goldie. Same corned beef and hash for me. Really good. After breakfast i returned to the RV. I went on line for a little while while i ran the generator to catch up on the battery charge. The solar doesn't seem to catch up, possibly due to the smoke in the air? Can't see too much nor smell it but it's there. Dirty air. I then went over to Don and Judy's at Pismo Coast Resort for a chat. Lou called and said she was on her eway back.
Don, Judy and I went down to San Luis Obispo to the Farmers Market for dinner and to shop. Dinner was from McClintock's Barbecue. Very good. Lou and Dawn arrived and met us about 7pm. They finished off my dinner which was enough. The girls then hit the vegetable mongers. They sure have nice vegetables at the market.
Friday: We started our day with a walk on the beach. The tide was higher than we've ever seen it. As we started our walk, we got a call for breakfast from Helen so we returned to camp and headed off to breakfast at Francisco's. Very good , as usual. I had my other standard, chicken fried steak. It was home made and good but not the best I've had. I talked Lou into the corned beef hash. Dawn had some great French toast with cream cheese and home made applesauce.
I then showed Lou and Dawn to a couple of thrift stores I'd seen on my bike ride that I thought they might not have visited yet. They hadn't and did. We then had to do some preliminary work for Doug's birthday dinner tonight. Helen suggested an Ice cream cake from a place I didn't know and that the dinner would be at a location of a restaurant I didn't know so we explored, found the restaurant and found an ice cream cake. Doc Burstein's Ice Cream Laboratory in Arroyo Grande is near the McClintock restuarant that we'd be having dinner at so I arranged to pick up the cake just before dinner after it was decorated. RV's don't have big freezers, so that was convenient.
Everyone arrived at the right place on time for a nice birthday dinner. They do fix some nice meat at McClintock's. A nice 80'th birthday dinner for Doug.
Saturday: We were up early (For me anyway) to get our showers and have breakfast before our beach walk. This morning at 10:38 was supposed to be the highest tide during our stay here and we wanted to see it. It was a fizzle, not as high as yesterday morning, which was higher than we've seen here before.
Before we left the beach though, there was a school? of whales passing by headed North? 30 or more, many jumping out of the water. Many were passing just at the crest of the waves near the beach a 100-150' from the waters edge. The most and best whale spotting we've ever enjoyed.
We then went up to San Luis Obispo to look around. Dawn wanted to see several book stores, Lou Beverly's craft store and me, nothing in particular, just a nice walk around town. We had lunch at the Golden China Buffet on Monterey St near Nipomo Street.
It started to sprinkle while we were in the restaurant and that turned into heavy rain after that. The stream above had a small flow earlier in the day and then increased to the full width of the channel, which these ducks enjoyed. Unlike ducks, we needed dprotection. Since we had umbrellas, we continued our looking around/shopping.
We returned about 5pm and Lou and Dawn packed up and headed toward home. They have a concert to attend in Mountain View tomorrow, then classes next week. I'll remain here for a coupe of more days then head North along the coast via Highway 1.
Sunday: Foggy morning, but sun returned later in the day to allow some good solar generation to charge the batteries today. They haven't done too well during the cloudy and smoky period. i went out to breakfast again at Francisco's with the gang. This time I had what Dawn had last ime, French toast Supreme with cream cheese and applesauce. Very good. I spent much of the rest of the day chatting but returned to the RV to dump and fill and prepare to leave tomorrow.
Dinner was with all the gang at the sizzler. I had the salad buffet. Very good, maybe too good.
Ready to leave in the morning.
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