March 7-10
San Luis Obispo - Part 2 and Las Vegas
Saturday the 7th started with Brian and I taking an early hike at the El Chorro regional park along Dairy Creek. Part of the trail was closed which reduced our walk to a tidy 2 miles. Next up was my mother and I going to church (Seventh Day Adventist). On the one hand, going to church isn't really fun for me but on the other hand, each church is different and that makes it easier to go with her when we are traveling. The church is the same building my mom was baptized in back in 1968 and it meant a lot to her to go back and that it even still exists. The sermon was well presented, enjoyable and though provoking. He spoke about health as a holistic thing. Being healthy being more than a list of do this and don't do this rules. Some of the sermon was very SDA specific, talking about how Ellen G. White felt compelled to give different people different health advice and emphasizing the error that some made in taking something she presented to a specific person or family to be a best practice for all. I thought he did an amazing job of covering that tricky topic and it was not anything I'd heard in my previous exposures to SDA history and beliefs.
After church and some rest time back at the hotel, we headed down to Pismo beach for a beach walk. Anybody who knows me should know that beach walks are very low on my to do list. While others envision beautiful sandy beaches with amazing sea creatures and sunsets, I always expect tender feet that stay sandy all day and cripplingly cold water or tons of annoying people ruining the solitude. While it wasn't empty, the spot we parked, near the Monarch butterfly grove on CA-1, was relaxed and offered a quiet beach access with interesting scenery on the way in. By the time we left it was in fact sunset time and some good picture taking light.
We wrapped our evening up by going to an exceptional and affordable seafood restaurant tucked off a very drab looking frontage road near US 101 in Templeton, CA about 30 miles North of Pismo Beach. 181 yelp reviews averaging 4.5 stars is quite a feat and we won't be bringing down their average.
Sunday the 8th brought spring forward time change and our final day in San Luis Obispo. After an early morning hike at Reservoir Canyon just north of SLO, we visited a number of SLO essentials including the mission before having lunch and dropping my mother off for her train trip back to Oregon.
With that accomplished, we headed East on CA-58 through the coast range, curvy and hilly all the way. It wasn't a total surprise this wasn't the fastest road given that every mapping system recommended going further North than CA-58 to get to CA-46 out of Paso Robles. On the upside, CA-58 was very very quiet and there were some super wildflower covered hills on the way.
It had been years ago but I remembered enjoying CA-58 over the Tehachapi mountains and it was a good drive this time also. Seeing no remotely practical alternative, I accepted my fate to finish the trip into Vegas on I-15. Though it was after 8 pm, traffic was pretty lame and the climb up what I think is called the Baker Grade was super annoying and congested. As usual, as soon as we crossed into Nevada the road, drivers and traffic all seemed remarkably improved and the rest of the drive into Vegas was relaxing.
Most of what we did in Vegas was very predictable and not in need of description. We did revisit a favorite simple pleasure at the Earl of Sandwich (amazing roast beef) and a tasty desert from a familiar name (Nestle Toll House) in the Miracle Mile mall at Planet Hollywood. I also got some work time in, something that I need to do quite a bit of going forward.
San Luis Obispo - Part 2 and Las Vegas
Saturday the 7th started with Brian and I taking an early hike at the El Chorro regional park along Dairy Creek. Part of the trail was closed which reduced our walk to a tidy 2 miles. Next up was my mother and I going to church (Seventh Day Adventist). On the one hand, going to church isn't really fun for me but on the other hand, each church is different and that makes it easier to go with her when we are traveling. The church is the same building my mom was baptized in back in 1968 and it meant a lot to her to go back and that it even still exists. The sermon was well presented, enjoyable and though provoking. He spoke about health as a holistic thing. Being healthy being more than a list of do this and don't do this rules. Some of the sermon was very SDA specific, talking about how Ellen G. White felt compelled to give different people different health advice and emphasizing the error that some made in taking something she presented to a specific person or family to be a best practice for all. I thought he did an amazing job of covering that tricky topic and it was not anything I'd heard in my previous exposures to SDA history and beliefs.
After church and some rest time back at the hotel, we headed down to Pismo beach for a beach walk. Anybody who knows me should know that beach walks are very low on my to do list. While others envision beautiful sandy beaches with amazing sea creatures and sunsets, I always expect tender feet that stay sandy all day and cripplingly cold water or tons of annoying people ruining the solitude. While it wasn't empty, the spot we parked, near the Monarch butterfly grove on CA-1, was relaxed and offered a quiet beach access with interesting scenery on the way in. By the time we left it was in fact sunset time and some good picture taking light.
We wrapped our evening up by going to an exceptional and affordable seafood restaurant tucked off a very drab looking frontage road near US 101 in Templeton, CA about 30 miles North of Pismo Beach. 181 yelp reviews averaging 4.5 stars is quite a feat and we won't be bringing down their average.
Sunday the 8th brought spring forward time change and our final day in San Luis Obispo. After an early morning hike at Reservoir Canyon just north of SLO, we visited a number of SLO essentials including the mission before having lunch and dropping my mother off for her train trip back to Oregon.
With that accomplished, we headed East on CA-58 through the coast range, curvy and hilly all the way. It wasn't a total surprise this wasn't the fastest road given that every mapping system recommended going further North than CA-58 to get to CA-46 out of Paso Robles. On the upside, CA-58 was very very quiet and there were some super wildflower covered hills on the way.
It had been years ago but I remembered enjoying CA-58 over the Tehachapi mountains and it was a good drive this time also. Seeing no remotely practical alternative, I accepted my fate to finish the trip into Vegas on I-15. Though it was after 8 pm, traffic was pretty lame and the climb up what I think is called the Baker Grade was super annoying and congested. As usual, as soon as we crossed into Nevada the road, drivers and traffic all seemed remarkably improved and the rest of the drive into Vegas was relaxing.
Most of what we did in Vegas was very predictable and not in need of description. We did revisit a favorite simple pleasure at the Earl of Sandwich (amazing roast beef) and a tasty desert from a familiar name (Nestle Toll House) in the Miracle Mile mall at Planet Hollywood. I also got some work time in, something that I need to do quite a bit of going forward.
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