I had a last little hurrah here in CA before packing up for our upcoming trip to NY.

I met with Karen yesterday for a walk along the beach

Karen is on vacation and I felt like I was on vacation.

We enjoyed the boardwalk to the right of the beach.  Can you spy the 9 ATV’s to the left riding along the beach?

Anyway, we noticed guns on their right hips. It caused us to raise our eyebrows, but just for a moment as we kept right on walking. I still have no idea who they were or what they were doing.  Hubby thought they could be border patrol since Mexico is a stones throw from here.  Who knows?

Rescue was out in force

We stopped for lunch at Joe’s Crab Shack. This is the view from our seats on the second floor.

After lunch we walked to the end of a (very long) pier. It was so windy that we could actually feel the pier rock. Twas a bit unsettling, but I had faith that all would be fine.

I love the metallic paint job around his neck. He sparkled so pretty in the sunlight.

We watched a number of kite surfing enthusiasts

And surfers lined the coast

Riding out their waves

All the way to the end

Towards the end of our nearly 4 mile walk, we stopped at a little restaurant and sat by the beach with a cool drink and lots of fun conversation.

It was a full day at the beach, but we decided we had one more stop to make before going home. That stop had Starbucks written all over it. My large Chai Latte hit the spot and with that it was nearing 6 PM. At that time, we looked at each other and asked, where did the day go?

That was yesterday.  But right now, I think it’s time to break out the suitcase and start packing.  I’m one of those last min packers.  The suitcase should be out before midnight and packing should be a snap as usual.  That’s just the way I roll, no biggie.

We’re looking forward to this time together to just chill for a little while.  I’ll be back (on the blog) soon.