Pictures of 03.17.04 -- Hanging Joe, Going to California

Next morning, I woke up and went to the front of the hotel ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1124 to wait for Jacobo for the ride to the beach. He arrived and en route got a phone call ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1125 about the Spanish elections. So, I recorded his dash ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1126 but missed the clock that said 10:13 and took a picture of this cone ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1127 but missed the lizard who was there. As a peace offering, he showed me the materials for the internal (blue) gaskets ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1128 that I know are being machined right now. We looked at the water ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1129 saw some beautiful flowers ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1130 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1131 walked through the woods ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1132 looked down at the ocean ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1133 and after these flowers ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1134 promised to follow the rules ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1135 as we headed down to the beach for the trip home. The buoy ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1136 was a photo op ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1137 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1138 for each of us as was the shore where Jacobo ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1139 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1140 and I ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1141 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1142 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1143 posed for a handful of pictures each. After the obligatory coast scenes ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1144 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1145 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1146 we headed to Half Moon Bay for lunch. This was Jacobo's sandwich ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1147 and this was mine ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1148 which made Jacobo happy ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1149 as I took this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1150 and he demonstrated this statuesque pose ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1151 from which he was able to take profiles ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1152 a skill I'm still working on. Next we asked this waitress ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1153 what to order from the menu ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1154 and the help posed with me ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1155 as the manager posed with Jacobo ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1156 and asked how to see his pictures on line. Our coffees ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1157 looked better ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1158 sans flash.
All of this made us want to drive on to more beach, so we found this offering ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1159 and a log ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1160 and then noted that structures ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1161 even structures where you could live ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1162 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1163 but maybe not over night had been built with pieces from this forest ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1164 even as I recorded birds ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1165 who got closer ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1166 and closer ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1167 until they were at hand ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1168 and could be taken easily.
On the way back, we passed the house of hundreds (count them) of pink flamingos ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1169 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1170 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1171 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1172 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1173 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1174 including these few on the stump ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1175 and the last few ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1176 before seeing the panoramic views of the valley ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1177 ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1178 that were striking.
Dinner was at El Paso where I had the vegetarian ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1179 made special and took pictures of Jacobo and Barbara ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1180 Barbara and Camila ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1181 and then the whole Valdes family ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1182 who were there. After demonstrating how Sandra's yoyo works ../../../Sabbat/2004/03.16-21.04JoeCaTrip//IMG_1183 we called it a night.