August 19

Breaking up is hard to do, but we packed Shirley up and headed north on our friend the 101. 

We had a 2 1/2 hour drive to get to our next destination, Beverly Beach SP. It was another super foggy morning. Our only stop along the way was the Sea Lion Caves. As the moniker suggests, this is a sea cave where sea lions hang out, kinda like retirees at an early bird buffet-they even grunt randomly yet frequently. It actually was kind of a cool place, an elevator takes you a few hundred feet down into the cave, which opens up into a protected outer cave where the critters are. We didn’t get the tee shirt but we did leave with this: 

Check these bad boys out:

We hit the park around 3 and tucked Shirley in. Amazingly this park had cable tv. I’m not a tv watcher but the novelty of campground cable was too much to resist, so I hooked it up. I had no cell service for the 2nd straight stop, Kari did have. I’ll admit I’m still loving the post-retirement freedom from the need to stay constantly in touch with the outside world. There’s so much more time to observe, listen, and actually experience the moments I used to miss while doom scrolling. There’s a lot going on in the world if one takes the time to notice:)

We hit the beach for a bit, it’s kind of hard not to… Todays podcast was an interview with Larry Summers, an economist I’ve always enjoyed listening to. Dinner tonight was the albacore tuna we got at Chucks. It was fantastic. As always, Kari’s culinary talents reminded me what a lucky dude I am.