Showing posts with label Morro Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morro Bay. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Morro Bay cold camping



Got up early and made it to Morro Bay area for the day before camping, and hiked around the coast at some spots like this




Road into campground

Got camp setup at Montana del Oro - really pretty and spacious campground

Then hiked around at the beach across the road from the campground 

avoiding water :)

Posing







Oscar yawning in the morning - made it through his first night camping. And I think it got down around 30 degrees :)










"Get outta the way" 



"you take way too many photos of me" "Stop!"
 


Saw lots of otters the next morning in the bay too! They were really close






Hiked around down in Pismo Beach some



And stopped by this butterfly conservatory. They migrate through and always stop in this grove of trees for some reason. We were there during the peak season - there was 28,000 butterfly around! So insane. and that was low number apparently. 

They flutter around, and then form these clusters together for warmth and protection against the winds. These clusters were everywhere!











Monday, April 27, 2015

Big Sur and Morro Bay with Collin Dec 2014

Well yeesh, it's been a while since some posts..... heres a handful to get back up to speed quickly

Went up to Big Sur area a while back and met with Collin. Here's a few pics to sum it up!

Sunset along the coast 

Coastal hike
Looking the other direction

Lounging at the camp spot


I talked with the camp host for a while and he had a few slabs of a tree they had recently cut down. Not sure what kind it is, but he offered me a slab, and I consulted with Mel, and she was into it also, so we took this slab of wood. Since it's been a while since I got this, I can relay what I did with the slab - nothing. It's too thick to do anything with and I don't' have a mill or something that is big enough to resaw it into a manageable thickness, so now it just sits at our backyard. The bark has all come off too so it's not as pretty…. :/


In the Scion. This improved our gas mileage greatly on the drive home.



Hikin in the woods


Friends around redwoods

Smiling like always

Tree bridge


Camp spot in Morro Bay was pretty scenic

Drive along the coast and near the campground


Hiked out to the end of a peninsula the next morning to the open ocean 


and spotted a lot of these guys in the bay area!

Photos through binoculars




Big rock at Morro Bay


New pose