That's a picture G took while we were on a late morning walk. This is typical coastal scenery in southern California. These bluffs are really interesting to examine because they show several different layers of sediment over hundreds of thousands of years, I'm sure. It's like staring right into a history book. When the sun goes down, the landscape totally changes color schemes.
We spent one entire day on the beach with sunshine, way too many games of bocce ball and not enough sunscreen. We flew kites, went surfing, walked down the beach, busted the bocce balls, and barely escaped death by an amateur kite flier next to us. Just getting down to the water from the campsite is quite an adventure. The trail was pretty steep and successfully made carrying anything to the sand a challenge. The water was pretty cold as it was May, but there's no way you could spend that much time in the sunshine without cooling off somehow. In the evening, the views were ridiculous and the entire sky lit up with all kinds of beautiful pinks and oranges.
I had 2 cousins come in from out of state and join us, which was perfect. The weather totally cooperated and we had a great time laughing about old memories, building new ones and of course gossiping about the regular dysfunction of our families.
Gilbert got the weekend off and we got to spend the entire weekend with him as well. :)
It was so nice to spend the weekend with friends, family, and friends that are like family. We have started to organize quite a group to camp with regularly so there will many more of these weekends to come. My favorite part about the San Onofre campground is that all of the rolling hills just inland at Camp Pendleton are virtually untouched. I don't know how many places there are in southern California that can boast of such amazing 360 degree views. It's some of the last untouched coastal land, and it's so peaceful to watch the fog lift off of the grass on the hills in the late morning.
