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| The view from our front room. |
Carrying all of the crystal coves in my pockets, we left Laguna Beach about nine thirty. We meandered down highway 101 ignoring Susie GPS's constant nagging imploring us to turn left. Finally, just before we entered Cardiff, CA she finally acquiesced and said San Elijo beach 5.6 miles ahead on the right. And even then we were early. The kindly ranger, a dishwater blond surfer girl at the gate said, "I'm sorry, no exceptions to the two P.M. check in time." No worries. We parked Fric and Frac on a side street and did what all cosmopolitans do, we whiled away a few hours in the local Starbucks, where by the way I took a 1-zip lead in the the current cribbage tournament (Go Timmy, Go). We settled into our site at 2:02 P.M. and frantically readied our mobile home for our visit from the Cramers. We haven't seen our good friends for just under a decade (Eight years to be exact). Amazing, given the amount of time we spent together when they lived in Spokane. They arrived. We drank fine wine, jibber-jabbered to catch up, and then we strolled down the steps to the beach to catch another fabulous sunset. Judy is still feeling the effects of over doing our adventures yesterday, so we merely descended the stairway to the beach, which was less than one hundred steps. We found a kind young lady to take our picture, and then we went back to the trailer where I cooked one of our favorite recipes: seafood pasta. Entertaining in the trailer means one person works and three sit so as not to get in the way. It worked, especially since we were enjoying some excellent wine from the Tablas Creek Winery in Paso Robles. My friend, Jim Cramer, is the kind of wine guy who brings his own wine glasses. The glasses in which we enjoyed the white wine were even chilled. He is, after all, a man of discerning tastes. It didn't take long for the evening to evolve from good old times to new good times. It's another of the best things about being human. We're all able to store good vibrations, and we're more than willing to call them up on a moment's notice, even after years of separation. Fortunately for us, we plan to enjoy our friends for much of the weekend, so naturally life is good, especially today.
The back bar at the local Starbucks in Cardiff, CA.
Free parking just this side of Highway 101.
Art shot of the day.
Hot Rod of the Day.
Fric and Frac snuggled up in site #124.
Surfer humor, I suppose.
Three of my favorite people.
Tablas Creek Grenache; Superb!
Thanks to the young photo mom who captured us glowing in our retired years.
Vertical view. Skinny wow!
Horizontal view. Fat wow!
"Boy, those guys we married are hot."
Every wine connoisseur carries his own glasses.
A Farewell toast to a fine evening.
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