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October 06, 2008

California Coast

We have spent the weekend in Bethesda at the Small Press Expo, where we sold a bunch of books and talked to a lot of very interesting people. More on that to come.

I am headed to Baltimore early tomorrow morning, and so will just post a photo or two from our California trip before turning in. After the wedding, we spent a few days driving along the coast.

We stopped by the side of Route One along Tomales Bay, intrigued by this sign.

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Alden tried very hard to eat my barbequed oysters.

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And very much enjoyed her first dip in the Pacific.

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The day was spectacular.

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We stopped at the Point Reyes lighthouse.

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We marveled at the whale skull.

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We photographed the birds.

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And the seals.

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Apparently, the seals were hilarious.

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We stopped at La Taqueria.

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I enjoyed the burritos.

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Alden enjoyed being the center of attention.

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She was handed around for about 20 minutes.

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Which left plenty of time for enjoying my dessert.

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The next day, we drove south.

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To Pebble Beach.

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If anyone knows who created these wonderful little piles, please let me know.

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We saw that iconic tree and, in spite of ourselves, felt compelled to take a photo.

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We drove south past Monterey, where the coast gets hilly and curvy.

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And even more spectacular.

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We stopped at Pfeiffer Beach at Big Sur.

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Where Alden enjoyed the sunshine.

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On the way back through Montarey, we stopped at Point Lobos to see the cypresses.

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Robbi (Kato Behr) found a gas station very much to her liking.

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And then, miraculously, one that pleased her even more.

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We drove back toward San Francisco as the sun set.

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Of all the wonderful things we saw in California, perhaps my favorite was this, Alden's latest discovery.

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In other news, she has just begun to crawl, a development that, while most exciting, is not easy to capture in a still photo. I invite you to stop by and have a look the next time you are on Queen Street.

Posted by bogenamp at October 6, 2008 12:06 AM