Day 118 (October 18): Our Triumphant Return to the Pacific Ocean
We made it.
The RV trip - this odyssey within an odyssey - is not complete but this feels like a virtual finish line. We left Portland on June 23rd to spend a week on the Pacific Ocean and since then we have been working our way, clockwise, around the country. On October 18th, we returned to the Pacific and it was glorious.
After a short but somewhat harrowing drive over two mountain ranges, we chose Seacliff Beach State Park in Aptos (California) as our destination. It couldn't have been more perfect. We ate a quick lunch in the RV and then armed ourselves for an afternoon at the beach. For three hours, it was kite flying and castle building, wave splashing and even a few polar dips. There was the bizare wreck of SS Palo Alto beyond a fence at the end of a tall pier. There was pizza eaten at the top of the bluff and ice cream from a local shop.
Then we drove for about an hour to reach my parents' house in Los Altos for a weekend of family fun. We might not be done with this but we're definitely getting close.
The RV trip - this odyssey within an odyssey - is not complete but this feels like a virtual finish line. We left Portland on June 23rd to spend a week on the Pacific Ocean and since then we have been working our way, clockwise, around the country. On October 18th, we returned to the Pacific and it was glorious.
After a short but somewhat harrowing drive over two mountain ranges, we chose Seacliff Beach State Park in Aptos (California) as our destination. It couldn't have been more perfect. We ate a quick lunch in the RV and then armed ourselves for an afternoon at the beach. For three hours, it was kite flying and castle building, wave splashing and even a few polar dips. There was the bizare wreck of SS Palo Alto beyond a fence at the end of a tall pier. There was pizza eaten at the top of the bluff and ice cream from a local shop.
Then we drove for about an hour to reach my parents' house in Los Altos for a weekend of family fun. We might not be done with this but we're definitely getting close.
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| Once again, sunset over the Pacific |
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| Lily, Cate, Ali and a new friend with the SS Palo Alto in the background. |
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| Ms. Cate |
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| Foreground: "Monterey" pizza from the shop in Aptos, CA Background: The Monterey peninsula |
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| Cate at work |
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| Great opportunity to create a new icon for our adventure. |
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| Ali loved the water, even more than the sand |
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| Henry and Ali at play |
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| Lily with Kite |
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| The Beast at the Beach |
And then there are days like this one! I know how great it was to get to the Pacific and a wonderful beach! And then Clinton Road and family home! i.e. HOT TUB!!
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