Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Day 1: Portland to Pacific Grove

Other than a ghastly experience with Southwest (let's just say they're not my favorite people these days), we made it to Pacific Grove without incident. After a quick snack, we walked 1 block from my father-in-law's new house to the coast. It was Anna first real ocean experience, and she loved it! We were blessed with an unusually beautiful day—sunny and mid-70s. These pictures tell it all (and they show what I miss most about being on the California coast).
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The color of the cloudless sky is something I strongly associate with Northern California.
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One of many paths down to the rocky shore.
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Rock and seaweed snowman.
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Pelicans.
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Getting her feet wet turned into getting her everything wet!
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A plethora of seaweed in the water.
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It's hard to tell, but these are each only about an inch long.
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A blurry (no flash) sunset.
Tomorrow I'll have to post pictures of the family of deer who keep walking past the windows!

1 comment:

Leslie said...

Beautiful pics! I've never been to the pacific ocean, looks amazing. Didn't realize D's dad lived so close to the water.