Thursday, April 3, 2025

Paso lights


We had no idea that Paso Robles had such a fabulous holiday light display in their town square, but we were very happy to stumble upon it!


Tarpy's revisited '25


Hard to argue with a colorful drink shimmering in the sun.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Steller's jay

 

Instead of monarch butterflies, we saw this Steller's jay.

Monarch Grove Sanctuary


The Monarch Grove Sanctuary is a beautiful place, but it was heartbreaking to see no monarchs at a time when they would normally be seen hibernating in the thousands. The U.S Fish & Wildlife is proposing to list them as either "Threatened" or "Endangered" but I haven't seen anything in the news since we were there in December.

 

Butterfly Grove Inn


The quirky Butterfly Grove Inn, where we stayed many years ago.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Grill at Point Pinos, part 4


As you can see, this was also a perfectly pleasant place to have breakfast the following morning. I guess we went there three times in a row!

Grill at Point Pinos, part 3


As you can see, this was a perfectly delicious dinner.