10-20-21 Westport Beach Trip (Northern California)

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10-20-21 Wednesday
Westport Beach, CA
Space 168
Jeeps in Campground: 2
Drive Time: 0
Miles: 0
Arrived: 0

Didn’t sleep well last night which is normal for the first night anytime we travel. But hey we are at the beach. We got up, dressed, made coffee, tea and headed to the beach with our Halloween coffee mugs. 







Yep folks…those are bear tracks in the sand. We found them as we walked out to the beach. The tracks headed to the garbage cans….imagine that. There are bear warning signs everywhere in the campground. We will have to keep a look out.  I wonder what kind of bear it was and big?









What a beautiful beach. Watching the waves crash against the shore is always something we enjoy. The ocean is powerful, and Barry always reminds me to never turn my back on it. We headed toward the right and walked as far as we could. I noticed something bright up against the hillside and climbed up to see. It was a huge piece of seaweed and red. To see what the water has done to the hillside is amazing, sand piled up against it, crevices carved into the side, holes that look like caves. The wonders of Mother Nature. 

                                                                  





We headed back and decided to take photos of our Halloween mugs. Pretty silly but we love doing that kind of crazy stuff. After we walked to the other end of the beach. This end has the creek that flows into the ocean and riptides according to the map. We met two Labradors and their human taking a walk. Friendly boys and the older one gave me a kiss. Almost everyone in this campground has a dog or two or three. 






We stood at this end for a while and was mesmerized by the ocean waves coming in and out. The pelicans where fishing and to watch them dive into the ocean was fun. There must have been a hundred of them. I wonder what they were eating. 



Later in the afternoon we took chairs and sat close to the water and just watched the surf and listened to the ocean. So peaceful. 

For dinner we cooked shrimp scampi over pasta….yummy meal. Before Barry finished his meal, he said he was going to watch the sunset. I was hungry so I stayed to eat. I waited for about ten minutes and no Barry. I finished my meal and went out to the beach. I found him sitting on a picnic table. He was taking a time lapse of the sunset. I sat with him, and we watched the sun go down. Again, nothing like the beach. I think he really misses the beach. 



We came back and Barry finished his dinner then built a fire. We made s’mores!!! From other blog posts you know we love s’mores. This time we made them with Hershey’s dark chocolate. 

The best day ever!!!


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