Next morning, I woke up and went to the front of the hotel
to wait for Jacobo for the ride to the beach. He arrived and en route got a phone call
about the Spanish elections. So, I recorded his dash
but missed the clock that said 10:13 and took a picture of this cone
but missed the lizard who was there. As a peace offering, he showed me the materials for the internal (blue) gaskets
that I know are being machined right now. We looked at the water
saw some beautiful flowers
walked through the woods
looked down at the ocean
and after these flowers
promised to follow the rules
as we headed down to the beach for the trip home. The buoy
was a photo op
for each of us as was the shore where Jacobo
and I
posed for a handful of pictures each. After the obligatory coast scenes
we headed to Half Moon Bay for lunch. This was Jacobo's sandwich
and this was mine
which made Jacobo happy
as I took this self portrait
and he demonstrated this statuesque pose
from which he was able to take profiles
a skill I'm still working on. Next we asked this waitress
what to order from the menu
and the help posed with me
as the manager posed with Jacobo
and asked how to see his pictures on line. Our coffees
looked better
sans flash.
All of this made us want to drive on to more beach, so we found this offering
and a log
and then noted that structures
even structures where you could live
but maybe not over night had been built with pieces from this forest
even as I recorded birds
who got closer
and closer
until they were at hand
and could be taken easily.
On the way back, we passed the house of hundreds (count them) of pink flamingos
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Dinner was at El Paso where I had the vegetarian
made special and took pictures of Jacobo and Barbara
Barbara and Camila
and then the whole Valdes family
who were there. After demonstrating how Sandra's yoyo works
we called it a night.