TO RINCON (?) AND ATASCADERO
Thursday morning dawned overcast and gloomy with the local TV reporting a serious accident on PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) that broke a water main, washing tons of dirt onto the highway. This was precisely the route we wanted to take through the famous Malibu area with all the expensive homes lining the beaches and on the hillsides. But by the time we made it to the area it had been cleaned up except for mud that was left to make a mess of our PT Cruiser tow car. When we got to the Rincon Beach Parkway there was not one space left of the 127! Many of the RV’s there were not occupied and we figured people just leave their RV’s there to hold a space for the Memorial Day holiday. Too bad, but it was not a very nice day anyway. We pulled over on the side of the road for lunch, and suddenly, Fran saw a dolphin leap completely out of the water in a perfect arc and then dive back in. On closer inspection, we saw a school of dolphins frolicking in the water as they swam south-ward. Very exciting!
Our backup plan was to head for the Elks Lodge in Santa Barbara and a phone call confirmed that they had space available, good deal. We knew that old friends from San Francisco, Ron and Rosanna Lutz, had been in Santa Barbara the previous week so an email soon confirmed that they were still there and we made plans to get together. Santa Barbara is truly a lovely city with flowers seemingly growing in profusion everywhere. We had a very nice lunch along the beachfront area and enjoyed their company on a tour of the city.
By Saturday we moved on to Atascadero Elks to visit with more old Bechtel friends, Paul and Yee-Sen Wolfe, who moved from the Bay Area to a ranch in the Paso Robles area where they had planned to grow wine grapes and olive trees but found instead that they could continue working in San Luis Obispo, so the grapes would take a back seat for a while. We enjoyed a very nice dinner on their patio under a tree with magnificent views of the surrounding vineyards.
Tuesday we will be off to the Thousand Trails Preserve at San Benito off in the mountains near Hollister.
Thursday morning dawned overcast and gloomy with the local TV reporting a serious accident on PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) that broke a water main, washing tons of dirt onto the highway. This was precisely the route we wanted to take through the famous Malibu area with all the expensive homes lining the beaches and on the hillsides. But by the time we made it to the area it had been cleaned up except for mud that was left to make a mess of our PT Cruiser tow car. When we got to the Rincon Beach Parkway there was not one space left of the 127! Many of the RV’s there were not occupied and we figured people just leave their RV’s there to hold a space for the Memorial Day holiday. Too bad, but it was not a very nice day anyway. We pulled over on the side of the road for lunch, and suddenly, Fran saw a dolphin leap completely out of the water in a perfect arc and then dive back in. On closer inspection, we saw a school of dolphins frolicking in the water as they swam south-ward. Very exciting!
Our backup plan was to head for the Elks Lodge in Santa Barbara and a phone call confirmed that they had space available, good deal. We knew that old friends from San Francisco, Ron and Rosanna Lutz, had been in Santa Barbara the previous week so an email soon confirmed that they were still there and we made plans to get together. Santa Barbara is truly a lovely city with flowers seemingly growing in profusion everywhere. We had a very nice lunch along the beachfront area and enjoyed their company on a tour of the city.
By Saturday we moved on to Atascadero Elks to visit with more old Bechtel friends, Paul and Yee-Sen Wolfe, who moved from the Bay Area to a ranch in the Paso Robles area where they had planned to grow wine grapes and olive trees but found instead that they could continue working in San Luis Obispo, so the grapes would take a back seat for a while. We enjoyed a very nice dinner on their patio under a tree with magnificent views of the surrounding vineyards.
Tuesday we will be off to the Thousand Trails Preserve at San Benito off in the mountains near Hollister.
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