Friday, July 3, 2009

Morro Bay, Salinas and Highway 1

Well, our last night in San Diego we watched a beautiful San Diego sunset at Sunset Cliffs; It was bittersweet. We then treated ourselves to a Pizza Nova pizza and some Red Trolley beers.




The next day, Sunday, we went to church to say "bye for now" to our church family. We left from there and headed up to Morro Bay where we spent a relaxing evening eating mexican food and sipping margaritas. It was VERY foggy at Morro Bay but we took a picture in front of the famous Morro Rock anyway.

From Morro Bay we drove up north on highway 1 and had a day filled with beautiful scenery~ the mighty Pacific on one side and green forests on the other.
In Salinas, we visited the Steinbeck Center and learned a ton about John Steinbeck; he led a varied and interesting life. But the best part about Salinas was visiting with Kathy. I met her when we were stationed in Connecticut and she is one of those friends that when you see them you pick up right where you left off. She is very funny and a blast to be around. We met some of her friends and had a lovely dinner with some of them.
We are now in Navato, California with the Brenner side of my family. My cousin Mindy graduated at the top of her Coast Guard health specialist training class. She went through 4 months of intense medical training and did a fantastic job! We are all very proud of her. Jon and I will be spending 4th of July with all of them and then we are on our way to Lake Tahoe. I will post some pictures and more details about San Fransisco and wine country soon.




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