We had the strange sensation this morning of actually feeling a little chilly! We had slept with the balcony doors open last night and fell asleep to the sound of the sea which was amazing but the mist had come in over night and the temperature had dropped to the lowest it has been since we arrived in the States. We all had to put a jumper on!
A very lazy morning ensued before we drove out to Watsonville town centre to stock up on groceries at the Nob Hill grocery store which made us laugh. After two weeks in America, we are now at one with the language; Eliza now asks to use the restroom, Issy talks about sidewalks and jaywalking and Tessa loves oreos and pretzels. Having said that, we fool no-one and everyone knows we’re English!
By the time we returned, the sun had burned the mist away and the weather was set fair despite a cool wind blowing off the sea. We spent the afternoon on the beach relaxing which was much needed after a fairly mad previous week. We enjoyed the calm tranquility of having a large stretch of beautiful coastline almost to ourself; we shared it with only a handful of other families which was lovely. Brown Pelicans swooped along the surf in large groups (18 in a row at one point) and the girls built a sand model of Splash Mountain from Disneyland.
We had a nice supper on our balcony watching the sun set and are very much looking forward to tomorrow when we are off first thing on a whale watching cruise. Fingers crossed we see some in action!
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