| The sign says they only have 4,853 butterflies today. Danny was here in 90-91 when they had over 200,000. We have taken lots of pictures and hope some came out. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Packed up and ready to go to Oceano. We are able to dump the tanks right here in North Beach and head our 5 miles to Oceano. We have camped there before in the Alfa this last summer with Brad and Mary as we were headed to Morro Bay. It is a nice campground. Page 6 We have reservations at site #18, the handicap site. As we pull in someone else is in the site. Oh well, we find site #17 empty and take that. Once we are temporarily set up we walk to the beach. It isn’t that far and feels good to walk. The tide is out so we walk down to the water. Danny has his shoes on so we don’t get in the water. Walk a little ways then up to the sand and the picnic table. We sat on the picnic table for about 20 minutes watching campers coming on to the beach. Last year when we were camp hosts here at Pismo, sitting on the beach watching camper getting on the beach was one of my favorite things to do. On the way back from the beach we stop at the Camp Host and let them know the situation with campsite #18. Their names are Lavonne and John and this is their first week. They arrived here from Arizona. No problem, we will just sit in site #17 until we need to move. We do like this site. Our front window faces the creek and we have a big tree making us some great shade. Tomorrow when we go to the Kiosk we will ask if we can stay in site #17. We have just a light lunch and dinner. My stomach is still really upset. Danny is such a sweetheart. He just makes do with whatever I can muster up for him to eat. We are truly soul mates. Love, understanding and respect – that is what it is all about. We sat outside until it got a little chilly then came in the motor home. Don’t have TV tonight. Too much trouble to hook it up if we have to move tomorrow. Oh well, we have done without TV for the 2 nights at North Beach and survived. We have the radio and both Danny and I still remember the days when the radio was IT – no TV, no computers. Hasn’t hurt us the last couple of days. Going to work a little on my Farm Town and go to bed. All in all it has been a nice, slow, relaxing day. Gosh I love this lifestyle. http://www.camphostcouple.com |
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| Thur. Nov. 5, 2009 – What a beautiful day here in Pismo Beach. Today we are moving to Oceano Campgrounds here in Pismo Beach. Not far to travel, 5 miles, but there we will have water and electric. We did OK dry camping. I think I will be fine dry camping in the desert. Sitting outside in the sun enjoying our coffee. It is quiet and peaceful, and you can hear to ocean roar. It is a great sound. Think I really will miss that sound when we head to the desert. |
| It is 9am and we walked over to the Butterfly Grove. |
| The Docent Susan talked to us about the habitat of the butterflies. It seems that Pismo Beach is their last stop before they head north again. The female butterflies will mate then find milkweed to lay their eggs in and then they die. Total lifespan is 6 weeks. So each year when the butterflies come back to Pismo Beach it is the 5th or 6th generation .WOW, that was interesting. |
| We also took some pictures thru the telescope that are pointed directly at the butterflies. Hope some of those turn out. |