TravelPostDean TravelPaloAlto FriendsValdes

The next day began with jams ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090011 toast ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090012 and madelines ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090013 to go with my meds ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090014 and the figs ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090015 as I admired flowers ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090016 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090017 stones ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090018 and more flowers ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090019 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090020 before we made our way to Half Moon Bay where Jacobo displayed his camera ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090021 and I took these selfies of the group ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090022 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090023 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090024 as we made our way down to the trail ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090025 and admired the trail ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090026 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090027 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090028 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090029 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090030 before heading down the path ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090031 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090032 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090033 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090034 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090035 to the beach and marching along ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090036 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090037 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090038 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090039 stopping to admire the birds ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090040 and rocks ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090041 as we made our way ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090042 over stones ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090043 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090044 collecting the occasional sea glass and elegant shells ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090045 and noticing car parts ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090046 as we roamed below the cliffs ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090047 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090048 under the watchful eyes of these sea lions ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090049 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090050 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090051 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090052 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090053 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090054 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090055 who were being observed by this bird ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090056 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090057 as Barbara tried on horns ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090058 as did Jacobo ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090059 and Barbara recovered a rock that looked like a slice of bread ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090060 as we found more car parts ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090061 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090062 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090063 and a very wholey rock ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090064 together with our first house parts ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090065 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090066 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090067 with the rest of the house still on the bluff above ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090068 but this bird seemed oblivious ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090069 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090070 to the next house we saw ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090071 despite its warm greeting ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090072 and its adjoining pieces on the sand ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090073 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090074 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090075 even as we could look up to the house that might be the next one on the beach ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090076 though pieces were falling down ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090077 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090078 this cliff. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090079 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090080 We came to a delicate crossing where the tide had come largely in and so crossing was a challenge ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090081 as overseen by the bird off shore ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090082 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090083 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090084 but Barbara made it ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090085 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090086 followed by Jacobo ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090087 and the sea lions oversaw ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090088 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090089 Suzanne's crossing ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090090 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090091 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090092 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090093 before they swam off ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090094 and Suzanne and Jacobo joined us ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090095 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090096 as we headed to the bluff and looked down on the seals ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090097 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090098 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090099 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090100 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090101 from this vantage point ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090102 which was a good place from which to take a selfie ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090103 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090104 before we walked into the woods and saw this teepee ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090105 and this fallen tree ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090106 in a lovely forest ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090107 and we then headed to the distillery ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090108 which was dog friendly and open ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090109 and had a long history ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090110 and so we opened the menus ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090111 scoped out the food ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090112 and then read the story of the blue lady ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090113 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090114 before checking out the specials ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090115 and the stained glass windows of wine, women and song. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090116 And then our shared beer came (black and tan) ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090117 along with Barbara's (tan) ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090118 as Jacobo and Barbara ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090119 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090120 and Suzanne and I with sunglasses ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090121 and without ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090122 admired the condiments ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090123 until our meals arrived ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090124 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090125 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090126 and we then started back on the bluff walking up a street that had shifted quite a bit though Jacobo could remember the days when the street was flat and driveable. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090127 We visited the foundation of a house that had fallen ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090128 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090129 before coming to the peace house. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090130 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090131 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090132 Having seen the effects of erosion, we took this sign seriously ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090133 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090134 but still recorded the succulents and flowers ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090135 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090136 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090137 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090138 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090139 before feeling sadness about the plane that went down at sea ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090140 and making our way past house ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090141 shoe garden ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090142 succulents ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090143 and the sight of the tower off in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090144 as Jacobo recorded the scene ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090145 and Suzanne and Barbara broke for the bicyclists ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090146 and then made their way ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090147 past the warning signs ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090148 so that we could see the decorated sign at the end of the trail ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090149 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090150 and accumulate ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090151 for a selfie after the delightful hike. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090152 We stopped in Half Moon Bay at the Coffee and Cafe ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090153 where Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090154 and Barbara ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090155 must have been admiring Jersey Joe's ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090156 as we came across the pumpkin man. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090157

Back in Palo Alto, the collected stones and shells and sea glass were displayed ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090158 and seemed to attract the hummingbirds ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090159 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090160 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090161 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090162 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090163 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090164 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090165 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090166 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090167 among the flowers ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090168 before we made our way to Celia's ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090169 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090170 for chips ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090171 as we admired their sign ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090172 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090173 and had our share of margaritas ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090174 as Sarah, Suzanne and Scott ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090175 Scott and Jacobo ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090176 Ed and I ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090177 and Barbara ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090178 enjoyed our meals ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090179 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090180 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090181 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090182 before we adjourned for some ice cream. ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090183 ../../../Sabbat/2014/07.04-30.14RecoveryTrip/07.17-18.14PaloAlto/P1090184