Ventura
Hello from the Ventura Public Library! Today we are staying in the campground at McGrath State Beach for the exorbitant price of $25 per night. The camping prices in California are not cheap. Yesterday we camped at Pismo State Beach for $20. At Pismo, Sarah saw one Monarch butterfly in the nesting area and she also spotted the famous Pismo clam. We were too slow to catch any though! We also got some good pictures of the sunset, but we don’t have any way of posting them to the site yet, so that will have to wait as will the Route page. Sorry guys, we should have a laptop soon. Today we spent most of the day in Santa Barbara which was really beautiful. While there, we even got to go on a bike ride to Julia Child’s favorite taqueria! The line was out the door but the food was great. Tonight we are staying in Ventura and then tomorrow we are going to make a bee-line for Joshua Tree National Park since we heard from some Los Angeles locals that the traffic will be pretty crazy this weekend. We both really like California. Every time we go through a city, Sarah asks, “should we add this to the list of places we want to live?”
Confidential to Emily: We saw a Mountain Lion at Mt. Tam right outside of San Francisco! Sarah wet her pants a little bit for you.
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Good day Mr. and Mrs. Welle!
Here is my subliminal post:
California does sound great (Don’t forget to send postcards. I love postcards from you). Sounds like a very nice place to VISIT Sarah (Don’t forget to send postcards. I love postcards from you). Sarah asks, “should we add this to the list of places we want to live?†(Don’t forget to send postcards. I love postcards from you). Well of course not! (Don’t forget to send postcards. I love postcards from you). California is expensive (as you are discovering), and besides they have wild Mountain Lions roaming about mixed in with an occasional earthquake. (Don’t forget to send postcards. I love postcards from you). Oh well, I suspect you will discover many beautiful places and wonder about living in all of them. Can’t wait to read your next post! (Don’t forget to send postcards. I love postcards from you).
November 27th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
You did not see a mountain lion! I can’t believe it! Did you get a picture? Did you wave your arms to seem larger? Did you pick up a small child and wave that around to seem larger? Those are the only tips I know of. I’m happy you haven’t gotten coug’ed yet! But I don’t think it’s looking good considering you’ve already seen one. Next time you’ll probably only notice when it pounces at your neck.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:00 am
From what I remember, the last time there was the looming danger of a Mt. Lion, Sarah was not scared at all – in fact I quite remember being made fun of for the fear of the large, thunderously fierce cat. Well played (former) Erck, but I’m on to you.