Last Day in CC

 I wanted to take a drive for a few more pictures, and to soak up some more cool sea air!

This is across from our picnic area; today a couple from Medford was enjoying it--they got away from the heat too!

I really like the zoom capabilities of my new phone!

Since our upstairs neighbors carried on until well after midnight, I didn't get much sleep. I reported it to the owner; they left around 3 this morning. New neighbors tonight, fingers crossed.

More books, lunch at the Chart Room

 Cary finished his last book, so we returned to Sylvia's for a refill; he found a biography on LBJ by Doris Kerns Goodwin that should take him to Tucson. I ended up with three books (to make up for not finding any last time).

Lunch at the Chart Room, a 25 minute wait, but very nice outside, sunny and cool. I took pictures, but will return to get better ones tomorrow. Still getting used to my new phone.

While we were waiting, I did get a shot of the beach from the parking lot.

Earlier we saw this cute little trailer in the Good Harvest parking lot--

Happier Campers are a real thing--I thought the owners of this just customized one. I am still reading about it on the internet.

                             from our apartment window, about 8:10 p.m.

New Phone, a learning curve and more time at the beach

 I upgraded my phone to a Samsung Galaxy S24. Had to go back twice: once to turn on the phone and once to get the correct cable for my new charger. I may still have to go back to ask some more questions. So far I like it. Marco, Andrew and Dave provided more help than I have gotten at Tucson Verizon stores.

After lunch we went back to the beach where many kids were learning some life saving techniques from an official California lifeguard. Many had been surfing too. I could get a pretty good picture of the lighthouse with the extra zoom my new camera provides.

We tried the Chart Room but it is closed on Tuesdays (and Mondays), so got Mexican at Perlita's which we brought back to the apartment. 

Another Picnic

 

I needed one more picnic before we leave CC on Friday. Cool, but no wind.

Sleepy weather. About 2:00 a.m. our upstairs neighbor (we didn't have one when we went to bed at 10) showed up. Luckily he only clomped around about 20 minutes. I did go back to sleep. Bur still took a short nap.

I am trying to use up as much refrigerated and frozen food as I can before we leave. But we do have plans for another Chart Room meal...and maybe one more Mexican!

Two Days

 Lots of berries still getting ripe behind our apartment. I picked some yesterday and again today.

               Naturally, since we had berries we had to get some ice cream!

The sun never appeared today, but we went out to find a spot to sit and watch the beach, the waves, the lighthouse and some flowers.

Yesterday we went to Torero Famosos for a delicious supper; I had leftovers for dinner tonight. We are only going to be here for four more days of meals, so we need to use up a few things. That said, we have two more meals we are planning to get in restaurants!

At the Fair

 I thought I would have to use five-year-old pictures of the fair. My phone is full, so I got out my camera, downloaded the pictures where they vanished into various folders in my photo files. Somehow, after about two hours, I found some of them!

Adorable almost two-year-old twins

Cary talked to the owner of this Morgan for a few minutes.

This is the car I first learned to identify as a very young kid. Very distinctive.

I took pictures in the craft section but they are too well hidden on my computer!

When we got home (stop at Walmart for a few things), Bella the housekeeper showed us the upstairs room. Very fancy! Two bedrooms. A foosball table. Fireplace. Dining for six. But very rickety looking stairs leading up to it. There are three or four things I would change about where we are, but overall we are quite pleased!

On the beach and at the museum

We wanted pictures from the museum to put in our Power Point, and it is always fun to talk to Karen. Some of my microwave bowls were in the gift shop; she said a lot had sold to the workers there! Some are out at the lighthouse.

This is a first order Fresnel lens. I couldn't get the whole thing in the picture.

I took more pictures while we were there; I may post them later!

After lunch we went down to the beach, so refreshing. Wish I could soak it all up to take home!