Day 7, our SUNNY destination in Encinatis, CA.

I can't believe we have SUN today. What a beauty! We had an incredible drive down the coast again, through LA, which actually worked out better than we thought. We went with out gut instincts and just kept to the coast and it was beautiful there. We visited the mission at San Luis Obispo, as we were heading out of town. Beautiful mission and I will post a couple of pics. It was so sureal to walk around this great building in the sunshine. Enjoyed the experience. We travelled south to pay a visit to all the famous beaches....where we ended up at Huntington beach and had a wonderful meal on the pier there at Duke's. Good grub! we walked the pier and watched all the surfers trying their luck on the big waves coming it. Lots of fishermen too, which was fun to listen to them cabitz back and forth between themselves. Had a visit from a very friendly pelican too. This picture is for Rowan and Shea from Papa and Nana banana. After enjoying the sun for awhile strolling the pier, we headed south to San Juan Capistrano and of course once again visited the famous mission there. It was a lot larger than I expected. Lots of incredible history and lots of people trying to keep it's heritage in tact. We arrived at our destination in Encinitas, California (just north of San Diego), about 6 P.M. and got to see the final rays of the sun before it sank below the sea. My gosh, what a beautiful sunset right off our waterfront deck. We are blessed to have such a lovely place to hang our hats for 8 whole (hopefully sunny) days! Will take pics tomorrow in the sun and post them for all to drool over! I told a few of my friends that i would send a grand old California Hello...so to Sandy, who is ready to rip out her highspeed, we wish you a very speedy reconnect...and to Sally and Bryan, a continued restful holiday sunning on the beaches of Maui, and to my friend Linda who is blessed to always live in the sunshine, a week filled with fun things to keep her busy, and of course huggable thoughts all around!!! Also to all the grandkids from Nana Deb, Papa Bill and Papa Terry and Nana Banana Sue, a great big California squeeze!