Adventures at the Beach

I was out-and-about today exploring my new town. It was one of those warm late fall afternoons where the sun has an orangey glow that seems to baptize everything it touches. 

I drove around looking for whatever caught my eye. That brick building caught my eye and I was taking some pictures of it from my car while in the middle of the road... Welll... lets just say I simultaneously discovered where the local police station is. Yeah that would be next door to the pretty brick building. A line of police cars just appeared out of thin air. They were coming out of their driveway while I had my face in the viewfinder. I pulled the camera away from my face and VOILA! Oh hey! Heh heh. Hello there. 

(Act cool Jenna. Just act cool. Show no weakness.) Thankfully the first car stopped and held up all the others while explaining the history of the building to me. Highly embarrassing. Highly.

How I wish I could convey the smells and sounds that accompanied these images. The photos of the swing and sunset at the end, there was a smell of bonfires wafting across the salty breeze. 

Ah it was just lovely!

Point Sal

I got to hang out with the guys today. Loved it. We had a full day of adventure as we hiked our legs to death up and down hills, across beaches, through the dunes, and over tide pools. And the weather was perfect.

We even saw dolphins but they are really hard to get pictures of while standing in a tide pool.

Meet Duke. Duke is a working dog and likes to go quail hunting. He was our trusty companion and was so adorable. He did whatever his master said and was constantly ready for a command.

Lunch. My very first MRE. It was quite tasty actually.

We had some small obstacles on the return trip, just a few extra canyons, sheer cliff faces, and creeks to cross but we managed to lug our legs of lead up hill after hill.

And we MADE it. Oh my goodness we made it back. I am at home in bed as I write this and I can barely move a muscle but it was worth it.