The area we are in is called the Central Coast. It's because it's between Northern and Southern California. We have certainly seen a lot of varied landscapes from the Redwoods to Oceans to Forests of the Big Sur to the bare rolling hills.
We are leaving tomorrow for Soledad Canyon. It is just a little north of Los Angeles. Since Denny wasn't feeling very good, we didn't do very much exploring. There is quite a bit to see and do in the area. We like to go to different campgrounds, but we might go back next year to see what we didn't see. That is what's nice about retirement. No set schedule to get back to.
In our wanderings around the area we saw alot of different wildlife. We saw wild turkeys, buffalo, deer and peacocks. This park is full of birds. I sat and looked out our window in the morning and saw the birds going wild, flying between the trees. I wish I knew what they were. Dark blue, black and white ones, light blue and white ones and some so tiny you could barely see them.
We took a walk along the nature trail here today. Every so often they had a station to do exercises. We looked at each one but that is about as far as we got about doing them. We said we'd do them tomorrow, but we are leaving in the morning. Oh well, so much for excerize. I mentioned before that the the trees here are very old and huge. Some parts of the trail were a bit spooky. Reminded me of the area of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Glad I wasn't there at night. Some of the branches are so large and heavy that they are on the ground. Can't see how they bend over without breaking and they are still growing..
We are in the middle of wine country. There are a lots of wineries around here. We never got to them, but maybe another time. There are miles and miles of grape vines, as far as you can see.
These wild turkeys were at Pinnacles National Monument. Denny said it was the largest group of wild turkeys he has ever seen. He saw some at our park, but I never did.
This is a huge tree that is actually 3 trees growing together
Lots of deer in the park. Certainly not afraid of people
Nature Trail around the perimeter of the Park
Today was a beautiful day. It got up to 65 degrees with beautiful blue sky. Hoping to get even warmer further south. It's not warm enough until I can put sandals on.
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