Birthday Beach Bash

After taking Jac Swing Dancing on his actual birthday Bella surprised him with a 4 day Beach camping trip that Jac ended up comparing to his favorite beach in SA, the much appraised "Buffies".

Highlights:

1. An all day walk on the beach, without ANY company for most of the way (which is quite the feat seeing we've come to know the overpopulated So-Cal beaches) & then finding a live shark in a "mermaid’s purse". A shark "egg" had washed up on the shore with the little sharky inside.

2. Bathing in natural hot spring that smelled like sulfur (poo) & continuing the 6 mile uphill hike in half soaked sulfur clothes with the reward of the most beautiful panoramic view of the Central coast from Gaviota Peak (panorama stitch at top of post).

3. Watching a real NASA rocket launch from the beach 1am the morning before we left.

4. Besides the totally unique rocks we picked up on the beach, my favorite little souvenir from the trip was the giant poison oak "bite" on my arm that gently reminds me every time I want to scratch my arm off from intense itching, that camping always comes at a price but that it's always worth it!

Cheers,

Bella (& Jac)