Since our last blog we went up the coast and down the coast. Here are some highlights of that trip.
We stayed at a nice RV park in Buellton, CA. It is near the town of Solvang. Solvang is an old Danish town and it was very cute and very fun and we got candy and ice cream.
We visited two beaches while we were in Buellton, Gaviota and Jalama. Gaviota was under a train track and Amtrak trains go by and we found dead animal meat. Jalama was very rocky and we built a skeleton out of rock and it was very cool.
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| We found a real human skeleton at Jalama Beach |
We also took a day trip to Santa Barbara. When we got to Santa Barbara we went for a bike ride, and then to an art show and it was very pretty art there. Then we played on the beach and we made quicksand and it was hard to get out. This is how I made it: I went on wet sand and stomped in place and I could feel the sand get squishy and I started to sink slowly.
Our next stop was near San Jose. While we were there we went to the Tech Museum. I got a card to play the games there it was really fun. We got to build a robot and play a cyber detective game. We got to try a jetpack chair that was used to train astronauts for space walks.
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| Erin and I build a robot out of blocks at the San Jose Tech Museum |
While we were near San Jose we went to the Monterey Aquarium. We saw an octopus climbing on the glass. He seemed to be curious about us. We also saw jellyfish, which were very beautiful.
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| Jellyfish at the Monterey Aquarium |
Still another morning we went on a ferry boat to San Francisco, and from there we took a boat to Alcatraz. Alcatraz is an old jail on an island in the bay. We had a tour of it and it was very interesting.
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| Erin and I try a cell at Alcatraz -- not a good place to live! |
Our next stop was near Modesto, where we saw Bill and Joy and Joy's mother and their dogs George and Rosie. I helped cook and I went on walks in the morning with the dogs.
After Modesto we went to Cayucos, CA. They had a pretty beach where we played every day.
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| Digging a hole at the beach in Cayucos |
Cayucos is near Hearst Castle. The Castle was a house for William Randolph Hearst. We took a tour and we saw the rooms and the Roman pool which was a very fancy pool. At the visitor's center we watched a movie about how the house was built. Just up the coast from the castle we saw elephant seals which were very smelly and fat.
After Cayucos, we headed back to Escondido, near San Diego. We went to a beach and a marina in Oceanside where we played at the beach and walked around the harbor. Another day, Dad took me out for supper to Hooters, which is an owl-themed place.
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| My server at Hooters discussing owls with me. |
