To the beach!

When we reached the 101, we stopped in Paso Robles us for lunch. We had planned to get rootbeer floats after lunch at the A&W, where we have stopped in the past. However, A&W was out of root beer! Can you believe it? 

We continue down the 101 until we hit the beach. Then we had to stop and play. It seems every time we make the drive north or south along this way we stopped to play at Pismo. 

The rock formations on the side, the tidepools created, and just the sand play all draw us. The kids made friends building sandcastles. It just so happens the family was from San Dimas, only 15 minutes north of our home. Their family has been coming to Pismo every summer since the 60s!

Alas, all too soon, it was time to say goodbye to our new friends and to the beloved beach. But, thankfully, we were planning on camping at the beach this very night. We stocked up on some groceries for the last night out and 12 to Emma Wood state beach.  

We set up camp and then headed down to the beach to play. 

Scott and Kaden made dinner. After dinner, we headed to the nearby railroad tracks to leave pennies to retrieve in the morning. Then we hung out in the camper and read another chapter of our current Henty book, True to the Old Flag. What a lovely day, made lovelier by finishing it with the sound of the ocean nearby. My soul is soothed here at the beach.