My 'Day' At The Beach...Ha!

I  was so looking forward to getting to Morro Bay.  We booked a beautiful house on the water for one month…all glass windows and wrap around decks where I could walk right down to the sand ( or so I thought),  lounge on the beach, work on a tan, walk the sand and paint. Perfect!

But the reality was this.

Our House

from the estuary

Our Deck

When we arrived at the beautiful house on the water we were amazed… at first look. Then I realized it really wasn’t IN Morro Bay but, rather, ON Morro bay, in a town named Los Osos.

I came to find out that Morro Bay/ Los Osos is actually a bird estuary so there’s no sandy beaches just swampy waters where the tide goes in and out everyday and many birds do too. Morro Bay town, which looks very pretty in the picture below, was filled with tourists! I was terribly upset, so disappointed, I didn’t know what I was going to do for a month. 

Morro Bay Town across the estuary

I quickly came to love the solitude, the changing of tides, the migrating species of birds and my walks around the estuary when the tide was out. Michael and I used the owners’s many pairs of binocular and bird books to identify some of the species we didn’t recognize….(Oh dear Lord, I never thought I’d be a bird watcher. haha)

Estuary tide in

Estuary tide out

Morro Rock at the entrance to the estuary

Oyster farm in the Estuary

During this stay we spent quite a few days with my college roommate, Becky, and her husband, Ed. They live in a nearby town called Paso Robles, home of many fine wineries. I did my fair share of wine tastings and actually spent a lot more than $10.00 on a bottle of wine. YUM!

We had a family emergency which took me away for a week of this time. Frazzled nerves and lots of stress but all is well now! Michael got bronchitis for the second time on this trip…UGH! I managed through it by taking care of him and taking care of me, too. I did that by painting, solo car rides and shopping in San Luis Obispo.

San Luis Obispo Festival

Next up, a little old lady went through a stop sign and caused $4500.00 of damage to our car! No injuries, just lots of hassles but we were given a rental car and carried on! Our car is looking beautiful now!

Uncle Sam came for a visit and paid US. We call it a forced savings!

Well, I did paint and we did lounge and we did make ourselves at home at the local restaurants and the Merrimaker (a local bar with pool tables and music). We even extended our stay for a total of six weeks we liked it so much. By the time we left, there were lots of hugs and “so happy to have met you” etc. For us, the town of Los Osos on Morro Bay became the place where “everyone knows your name!”

"CHEERS!"