My hero, the duck saver

Given that the weather back home and surrounding our family and loved ones is ice, snow and freezing, we really appreciate the atmosphere here. Sure, I admit, I did whine about the cold and rain… once. I rescinded immediately once my mom told me it was snowing on her while she worked – yes, outside. And a full sized rainbow end-to-end isn’t something you get to see every day.

We take Charlie to a dog friendly beach called Avila Beach where there is no leash law. It’s a beautiful beach and full of pretty responsible dog owners, so you don’t need to worry about where you step. Gross, but unfortunately a true concern at dog parks. One day while we were here, I learned something new about my Cujo. He is a duck saver. Yup, he saved a duck. Poor little guy was tangled in yards of fishing line, weights, and multiple hooks that were already embedded in his webbed feet and legs. So after getting some tools and gloves, he recruited another guy to help and they performed the life saving surgery to free it. What a good guy. Awwwww.

The office of this park has sleds for the sand dunes, albeit for children. Do I even need to say that we tried it ourselves? Go figure, the lady in the office WAS right – we ARE too big and we ARE too heavy. So picture slow motion sledding, that’s what we did. The pictures somehow look like we could be speeding down the hill, but no. It was thrilling slow mo. Or rather effortful slow mo. This RV park has been a decent place to live for a while, we all (including Charlie) like the dunes, the sunsets and moonrises are beautiful, and for the most part (minus the crazy bitch I got in a fight with) it's quiet. It *should* be decent, rent here for a trailer spot costs more than our mortgage back home, ugh that's the worst part of California - the costs of everything are so outrageous. When we go back home, we feeling like we're stealing at the grocery.

Random beaches in the area - Morro Rock at Morro Bay, and Shell Beach.

Is this business name not ironic to anyone else?

I had no idea that butterflies live for only two weeks up to six months - that just makes them even more amazing and beautiful. There is an area in Pismo Beach where each year, thousands of Monarchs descend and gather for a few months, which causes people to do the same. Those big clumps of darkness are literally butterflies hanging on eucalyptus trees.