Relatives, friends, sunsets and dolphins....

 

Although I am excited about having a permanent residence again ( house closing this week), I will miss living 2 miles from the ocean.  Some days I walk my 3-4 mile route along the beach in the morning and then go again at sunset with Dave. It is such a hardship to walk along the ocean in the brilliant sunshine!  Friday we tried a new beach- Oceanside. This pelican was strutting and posing like a pro!

Oceanside pier with Ruby's Diner at the far end. It is a 50's style diner . We had coffee and hot cocoa while gazing over the ocean.

    Saturday morning we took our 1 1/2 hour hike to the top of the world and then cancelled out all that calorie burning.....

 Our friend Dave P. told Dave about Peterson's Donut Corner in Escondido. It is a little take out joint with the most amazing donuts. Cake donuts, raised donuts, bear claws, vienna cream, cherry turnovers, muffins, cinnamon rolls, cream cheese pockets, maple glazed.... You get the idea!

Saturday evening we had dinner at Alan and Fe's home. Alan is Dave's first cousin who he has not seen since the 1970's! A wonderful couple who welcomed us warmly and fed us a delicious meal! 

And we met their son Alan Jr who is a California Highway Patrolman. Always good to be related to someone in law enforcement....

These are my new good buddies: Kenny, Kaitlyn, and Katrina ( girls are twins) . We were at their house for  meeting and stayed for lunch. They live 6 minutes from our Fallbrook house. They have an adorable little sister who wasn't sitting still long enough for photos!

My lap was in high demand as I read books to them and the girls read books to me.   Luckily that moving van has lots of books and toys for just such visitors to our new home.

We finished off the weekend with a beach walk at sunset while watching dolphins right off shore!