Sat.-Tues., July 17-20, 2021
What an amazing weekend!
It started with a reminder from the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration.
A Day of the Dead tile
Why the tile you ask?
Simple answer . . .
On July 17, 1971, we were married
Yes, I had hair once upon a time.
Laurie looks lovely, don't you think.
As Jacob reminded me at lunch,
it meant that Saturday was our
50th Wedding Anniversary!
On July 17, 2021, we were still in love!
As I said earlier, AMAZING!
It must be noted that after our lunch
Jacob had the chance to meet the
author of this cool science book
at Camarillo's The Bookworm bookstore
We enjoyed a great meal to
celebrate our special day at
Ventura's Cafe Fiore
Cafe Fiore serves solid
Italian cuisine . . .
. . . and a sparkling tiramisu
On Sunday, we headed north to extend our special day with a mini vacation.
We saw this trailer when we stopped
for lunch in Orcutt just south of Santa Maria
A pizza oven on wheels
That's a first for me.
Our wonderful home base for
a couple of days in Avila Beach
The Avila La Fonda Hotel has
a great Mexican resort vibe
Being only a short block from the Pacific Ocean is a plus as well.
This large animal crawling on our
room's wall was a negative though
Laurie wanted to bring this sun
home with us
Cooler heads prevailed.
Avila Beach south of the pier
Avila Beach north of the pier
The Pier
A "NO FUN ZONE" if that sign is to be believed.
Lots of bikes in Avila Beach
which reminds me . . .
. . . this is a cool, bicycle related
wine tasting bar . . .
. . . with an interesting racing
bicycle gear bar motif
This place woke both the Ice Cream
and coffee Krakens within us
Laurie in front of the
Avila La Fonda Hotel
Another sun worshipping
piece of art in our hotel
At 8:00 p.m. each night, the
Avila La Fonda offers their guests
delicious homemade mini-pies
My blueberry-peach pie is on the left next to Laurie's olallieberry pie.
A little whip cream never hurts.
A view of the off shore Fog Monster
on Monday morning
We decided to drive north about 15 minutes to the city of San Luis Obispo before coming back to Avila Beach for some afternoon sun and surf.
Cool SLO fountain
SLO's original Public Library
SLO is an artsy city
See what I mean?
We passed on eating here today
but would not say no to their
Pismo Beach branch on Tuesday
Part of the quaint Avila Beach
boardwalk area
The Avila Beach Pier as seen on
my early morning walk Tuesday
Port San Luis in the distance
Anybody want to rent a kayak?
Seals resting at Port San Luis
The Billy Boy was parked on
land this morning
Port San Luis with not one
artsy ceramic . . .
. . . but two!
Apparently there is a lot of
crabbing in the area
After checking out of the Avila La Fonda Hotel, we stopped in Pismo Beach for that great BBQ meal at Mo's and then headed on to one last stop in Santa Barbara.
The classic entrance to
Santa Barbara's Arlington Theater
The Granada Theater is a grand
one in Santa Barbara as well
Art is a staple in this great
Central California Coast city too
Live turtles
A mysterious, unidentified
Native American statue
Our final stop was at
Santa Barbara High School
They have been renovating venerable Peabody Stadium for about three years now and we wanted to see the final finished product today.
It looks GREAT!
Again, we had an AMAZING and relaxing time celebrating our 50th over the last few days.
Meanwhile, in the world of EuroBall . . .
What does this mean?
Ah yes, the 40th Italian Bowl with
the winner taking home the
DI National Championship Trophy
Played in a neutral site, Stadio Garilli in Piacenza, it featured the 9-0, #1 seeded Parma Panthers vs. the 7-2, #2 seeded Milano Seamen.
The two teams had met twice during the regular season with Parma winning both times, 24-20 and 30-27.
It promised to be a good one for all of the proverbial marbles . . .
. . . and it was, in Overtime this time
Three close wins over the Seamen
cemented the Panthers claim to the crown
On to the ELF weekend . . .
It was Week 5 of the ELF's
inaugural 12 week season
Our Dragons came up short again
but by all accounts fought to the end
Big Game in the North this coming week,
Hamburg Sea Devils (4-0)
vs.
Wroclaw Panthers (3-1)
The Galaxy continue to be the
team to beat in the South
Week 6 is the halfway point
of the EFL's ten game,
12 week regular season
The Frankfort Galaxy (4-1) and the Leipzig Kings (1-4) finally get to both enjoy a bye this coming weekend.
50 years . . .
. . . AMAZING!
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