a weekend at the coast

One of the few last weekends curtip got to come out to the coast which also happened to be the US vs. Ghana game (super depressing right??). So after a few beers at the...uh... local "pub" a picnic at the beach was in order as it was a rare 80 degree day. We also partook in hiking along the coast trails, beach beer, a visit to the gardens, an early morning trip to tidepool, french toast, etc. etc. Awesomeness indeed.



Sitka spruce trees are the best


Early morning South Cove

Kelp for me

Limpet for Annie (by the way, we found a number of your friends, certainly not all of them were there though )

Sunflower star because they are pretty neat (and more kelp for me)

Urchins!

Tidepooling in chacos. no big deal.

Self portrait


We found a massive amount of squid eggs washed up on the beach, potentially rumored to be Humboldt squid? but that's debatable.

It was mysterious, but pretty cool

And the perfect opportunity to creep on a certain someone whilst on the phone.

wait... what?

Summer has officially whipped by this year. We had a late start in the garden, little sun and warmth in June along with some insanely rainy days, a whirlwind July with conferences, summer camp i.e., kid herding and attempting to finish stuff for this project/job I've been working on. Now that is is almost September (wait. what??!) I have a non tan, been lap swimming twice (thankfully in the local outdoor pool) and only a smidgen of produce from the garden.

In that time curtip also bought a newer car, packed up and made the big move to the LA area. It has been funny describing where stuff is while he has never been there before, but now lives there and I have been there oodles of times and I'm not there. obviously. I'd have a tan. So be prepared for about 6 posts to cover my absence over the last month or so. Onwards!