month of love and other good things

schmeebot@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:30:44 -0800

seen at the garden gallery, morro bay 06 jan 2012

happy february, everyone! and congratulations to my college classmate mae for passing her master jedi licensing exam!

poinsettia tree

schmeebot@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:51:13 -0800

seen on santa ynez street 24 jan 2012

occupy montana de oro

schmeebot@gmail.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:16:54 -0800

crowding valencia peak

sometime during the five star dinner experience it was decided that we would go camping in montana de oro. early friday afternoon tom+rubayi drove up early to secure a camp site. jg and i left town at 6 pm. by the time we reached camp, tom and rubayi were already enjoying a roaring fire.

the sky was nice and dark and the milky way was clearly visible over head. i couldn't help trying for a few night shots.

orion versus light pollution and dirty lens

big dipper

jg and i set up tent in the dark. the santa ana winds blew off and on at half hour intervals. none of us had trouble sleeping. i got up once during the night for water. i heard a coyote yipping nearby and decided to wake jg so he could hear it.

our camp site in glorious day light ($25 per night, $10 extra for second vehicle)

saturday morning the weather was perfect, sunny, warm, and clear. we decided to go for hike up valencia peak where tom and rubayi had never been.

jg preparing for a picnic lunch

heading for valencia peak

the trail past oats peak

geezers

peak registry

after the hike we headed down to spooner's cove for some tidepooling except the water was a bit too high to see much.

rubayi looking for urchins

jg looking for dolphins

cactus of the sea

mustache? booger?

one fine saturday at 5:13 pm

we left the beach and walked up to the bluffs to catch the sunset. i forced team goleta to pose for a glamour shot.

they can haz romanced

after the sunset team goleta headed back to camp while jg and i got back on the road to go home. on the way out of the park, we stopped for a few night shots.

looking south

looking north (morro bay)

while i messed with the camera jg heard an owl hooting in the eucalyptus tree across the road. we hung around for a good while just to listen. a pleasant way to end this all too short camping trip.