day 14

Acton California, to Morro Bay California

We had a great couple of days in the high dessert town of Acton, visiting a friend Sandra and her two cutie patootie sons, wacky zack, and max (and their 5, count them dogs!).

It was an amazing visit for so many reasons, and it was an amazing visit for one reason, Sandra!

For me it was an opportunity to reconnect. Sandra and i go back maybe 5 – 6 years. She brought me one of my first big clients, and with her support and helped we create a kick ass site for said client that opened up a million doors for me.  In those years that followed, she’s been a friend, mentor and all around amazing person in my life.

For deb and joe it was an opportunity to meet her. Deb had already talked to her a bunch of times work related, but had never met her. Joe and sandra decided they had been seperated at birth, as they had all things geeky/tv/movie in common.

It was a great hit of family. The kids fell immediatly in love with joe… following him about like little duckies. He’s a big kid, and spent hours with them playing, not sure who enjoyed it more!

It was a great hit of LUXURY! Real beds to sleep in, beds in ROOMS! Rooms with bathrooms attached… telling ya L.U.X.U.R.Y. Even a hot tub out under the full moon!

Cooking in a kitchen!

Hiking up some very funky rocks nearby. Seeing some of the sights of Acton, including a wildfire burn area.

 

Sadly we left yesterday morning, to head onward to our final destination. Santa Cruz. We took a scenic route along the Ventura Highway, which was lovely. The icing on the cake of yesterday’s drive was seeing our first sighting of the Pacific ocean.

We stayed at a campground in Morro Bay, right on the water. Since again had camera challenges, here’s a reasonable facimile of what it looks like here. We had a lovely sunset walk with the pooches last night, went out this am to watch the surfers and have coffee. Wow, california girls!