Mike Anderson's Blog: It's been 9 days, 9 full days!

Last blog post was when we were leaving Cherry Valley and now we've landed in Marina, CA just a couple of miles north of Monterey. We've spent 4 days at Morro Strand RV park on Morro Bay and another 4 days at Mugu Beach State Park campground, all this along highway 1 the PCH (Pacific Coast Hwy). If you follow Bev or I on FB then you've no doubt seen pictures of all these stops already and some of the golf and other activities we've encountered, and folks we've hooked up with.
The weather has been fantastic if you like cool breezes off the Pacific Ocean, wrapping up in blankets and snuggles come bed time. I didn't pack enough warm clothing and have had to buy a couple of hoodies and a long sleeve shirt just to keep warm while golfing and sitting around the camps in the evenings. Oh well............was more than glad to have to buy them.
A dear old friend hooked us up at Mugu Beach State camp, Otto Laszlo and his wife Pam camped there often and had just the right connections to accommodate the group for the 5 days there. I met Otto through the tile business many years ago, he rep'd products we used and that I ordered and the friendship grew from there. After I retired and Otto changed companies we didn't see each other as often but remained friends via FB and other means. Otto is an animal, at the age of 70 he still surfs, paddle boards, mountain bikes the most rugged trails in California, and still finds time to still do a bit of work...........he's my idol. We had some great chats around the camp fire at nights with Otto, Pam and their friends that camped there with us. Thanks to Bernie,Igor, Chaya and Sasha and Bert for helping to entertain us and make for such a wonderful 5 days of camp life. This was "dry camping" which means no hook-ups of electricity, water, sewer etc., boon-docking if you will. We learned we could do this last year at Bristol for a week, so five days was a snap, and meant no TV which was kind of refreshing for a change!
Now we're in Marina, CA and looking forward to some golf along the coast (no, not Pebble beach the two day package of $1577 just seems a bit steep for a couple duffers like we are) and some beach exploring. This course we play on Thursday looks like a poor mans Pebble beach from the pictures, we'll see about that (only $98 a round) and take some pictures on Thursday, but they do have some holes along the coast line that ought to be picturesque if nothing else.
We're back in the part of the country that produces a big percentage of our nations fruit and vegetables among a whole slew of other things including some pretty good wine! Our visit to the community of Solvang, CA, a Danish community right down to the style of buildings to the food available in most eateries. And we can't forget the World famous Andersen's Pea Soup, so thick and creamy to, was really some of the best I've ever eaten. It was good having some locals (Otto and Pam from Simi Valley) giving us ideas as what to see and where to see it, like Solvang for example.
Well tomorrow is laundry day in the morning and some sight seeing in the afternoon in preparation for our golfing tomorrow (Thursday the 22nd), check out FB for some additional pics in a few days.