Went to Carpentria

This is at the conservatory. The rocks in the background are where seals are suppose to hang out, but there weren't any there. I did see two little lizards and a wood pecker! I had a great time and I will expand on this tomorrow because I have to go to bed now because i have to be at BF's apartment at 6:30 AM, because we are going back!!! There's a flea market!

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OK, I'm back. Yesterday was wonderful,(and so was today)! We went to the Carpenteria Buffs. It's right on the beach, between a baseball diamond and some wharf for the oil industry. On the way in, I saw the lizards. The trail ran next to the railroad tracks for a while, lined with widow-maker trees (I can't spell it, they make cough drops out of it and Koala bears live on their leaves). The trail, strangely enough was littered with acorn shells. The tops had been eaten out in a pattern that made them look like buttons, ready to be sewn on a coat. Where was the oaks that all the shells came from?
The trail went down aways, then we crossed over the railroad tracks to the coastal trail. Oh it was fad! I could get right up to the edge and see the rocks below. We walked down aways to where I took the picture. Right beyond it was the wharf, which had a forklift noisily running back and forth, yet there was a sign telling us not to make loud noises for the seals' sake. We looked for a while but we had a time limitation, and we had to leave.

And then we went to Linden street. We went into an antique store, and I spotted some cobalt glass. They were labeled cordial glasses, but they were quite clearly eggcups, and I collect them and cobalt glass so I bought them. They were on sale, 25% off. I got four for $9.79. I'm quite pleased about that.

Then we went and had lunch at a place that had the best food. They baked their own bread and made their pies from scratch. I had a sub, really great and banana cream pie. But, when we left, we saw a poster about a flea market the next day. We made plans to come back. We then did one of BF and I's favorite activities. We walked around and looked at houses. We found a duplex that was selling for $750,000. The rent was guaranteed to be $3,100.00 a month. BF would like to live around there if she won the lottery. I think I would join her. Then we had to leave in order to miss the rush hour traffic.