It was absolutely wonderful to have a place to stop for two weeks. The time flew by so quickly. I only went into the small city of San Luis Obispo twice and quickly at that. I stayed by the shore and created art. Having the Gordon's in the house downstairs made me feel safe and secure and surrounded by family yet still with my privacy in Jesse's apartment upstairs. I got into nature almost every day to explore, walk trails, breathe, make some art and simply enjoy peace and non-travel. What a blessing!
LOS OSOS OAKS RESERVE
THE TREE BRANCH WON
SWEET SPRINGS RESERVE
Monday was Jesse's return so I headed down the coast to Ventura. I had three couchsurfing hosts and a lot of activity. More on that after this photo and video wrap up of Los Osos Days. Oh and don't worry about the blood. Platinum hair can be so dramatic. I scraped my head while crawling through a tree tunnel by the beach. A messy ouch but worth it.
ELFIN
HARMONY HEADLANDS STATE PARK
My first place to stay in Ventura was with an artist who rents out his front house, lives in a lofted guest house with art studio that he built in the back and lets couchsurfers stay in a zen style lanai by the meditation gardens. I had a wonderful peaceful time there. When I arrived Mark was feeling "off" and coming down with a cold. Well.. have treatment mat will travel. I gave him immune boosting treatments two nights in a row and although he still sounded a little raspy he felt fine.
ZEN LANAI
PRE-HIKING ON JIM'S BACK DECK
POST HIKE AT LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST
A LABYRINTH WAY HIGH UP PIEDRAS BLANCAS
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST
The first full day in Ventura I went up into the hills of Ojai to look around. Later in my stay when Jim the cyclist/hiker hosted me, we went for a serious hike in Los Padres National Forest. Great stuff.
So much to cover in this post... Two nights in zen space, two nights in porch space overlooking the city and ocean then one night en route to Arroyo Grande (where I am now). Inland above Santa Barbara and en route to here I stayed with John in his double wide. He toured me through kitschy Solvang and we checked out a winery. I kind of breezed through town.
TASTING AT SUNSTONE WINERY
Speaking of breezing...it is hard to concentrate to write at the moment. I am staying in a trailer on an avocado farm overlooking the valley and there's a serious wind storm right now. The whole trailer is shaking and I am laughing. WHAT FUN! It beats an earthquake (I suppose) but I am not going out and getting in my car until this whole thing passes. I bet more than a few avocados and lemons have fallen off the trees. How the goats and chickens deal with this is beyond me.
THE DECK IN FRONT OF MY TEMPORARY TRAILER
oh oh - there goes a goat flying by...
Well that's it for now. Enjoy the videos and photos. I have to go pull the door shut or I too will be BLOWING IN THE WIND. And where will Patt be next?
"The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind."
FAREWELL BENJITO - YOU CONTINUE TO HIKE WITH ME IN SPIRIT
ON A SAD NOTE: My best four legged friend BENJI passed on up to doggie heaven on the 23rd of this month. It is still hard to write about it but I know he is up there hiking in a perfect little healthy young bijon body loving his freedom and sending us his love. My forever love for you Sr. Benjito! As we say in Argentina it is not goodbye, it is merely farewell.
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