The Smell Of Wet Dog

 You see some weird sights when on the road, and the coast always seems to have it.  This is a single little white cloud hanging out over the RV park. It's right over these RV's just down the way from me.  Maybe it's an alien visitor!  

I had completely forgotten just how slowly I must do things in the rig.  If you turn around too fast, you will be whacked with something in the head.  This is it ... all the counter space I am allotted since Jonathan gets the majority.  I'm trying to fix our breakfast.  That's the SECOND egg in the bowl, ready for the microwave.  The first one ended up in the sink.

Two seconds after his third tiny bite of scrambled egg, he's out like a light.  If only I could sleep like this!

That didn't last long however.  Cooper is energized.  We went for a walk around the entire park, through every puddle there was.  SO many new smells!  He hasn't been this active in a long time!!  In spite of my directions, we went through every puddle there was.  Oh the smell of wet dog on our return to the rig.  It didn't end there, he found his favorite toy.  Yes, I listened to this for 30 minutes.  

And THIS is the game, which usually involves lots of barking because I'm not fast enough on the return.

I finally wandered over the few yards to the harbor.  It's really a lot bigger than you would think.  Here's the dredge that's keeping us awake at night.  That big black monster looking thing is the digger, attached to the red whatchacallit that lowers it into the water.  They had run over a fishing net and needed to extract it before continuing.  

It took some time to cut it loose, all the while the big generators and boat engines were screaming. 

Here's the whole setup.  Once free, the boom drops the whatchamacallit down into the water and the generators roar to life.  As it eats up the bottom mud, it is sucked into a long pipe and onto the back of the boat.  No wonder this is going to take forever.  The harbor is huge!

Yeah, it was still a little rainy here and there, but the waters were still enough to get nice reflections.

From there I could hear lots of sea lions barking, so I hoped to snag a picture or two.  This is down the other side.  Then it snakes around in a half circle right up to the road.  I had no idea this was so big.  Back in the day when I took sailing lessons out of Monterey ... yup I'm an official Captain of Sailboating even though I would never do that again EVER ... this is where we would sail to.  I was scared to death the entire time.

Still looking for those boisterous sea lions, I walked around the entire harbor, only to find this sign.  VICIOUS?  But they look so SWEET!!  I never saw a single one.  They were parked out on a dock that was locked.  Maybe next time.

When it came time for dessert and dinner (in that order), I found I had left ALL of my goodies in my fridge at home.  Probably not a bad thing, but that meant I really had no food other than the clam chowder.  Time to scope out the neighborhood Deli, which just happens to belong to Phil's Fish Market.  

I walked around the corner to see this, thinking I had the wrong house.  I might not want to go in this place if it was dark.  Just kidding ... though it looks like a dive (and it is), they have fabulous food.

I got a bacon chicken ranch sandwich ... quite tasty and HUGE for $12.00.  Might as well stock up on clam chowder while I'm here, a Pepsi, some macaroni salad ... ooh there's Maui potato chips and LEMON BARS!!  $45.00 later I was out the door.

Half the sandwich is gone, which was more than enough.  I now have enough clam chowder for three days.  The lemon bars were fabulous, but just as expected, gave me heartburn like no other food I've ever eaten.  Lemons and I don't get along.  It's okay, it was worth it!!

They say the rain is gone for the time being ... sunny all day today.  My plan is to hike across the dunes over to the ocean and see what I can see.  Let's get going!!!!!