3 Days in Nipomo, 12/14-16

I know many of you will have no idea where Nipomo is but it's worth a peek at your California maps - it's in the area of Santa Maria (as in Santa Maria bbq), near Guadaloupe. Our friends Casey and Susan Case live there with their two horses, Shamrock and Will, and they are at present down to one dog, Raleigh. We spent three perfect days there, along with their brother-in-law, Maurice, who was a refugee from the Carpinteria fires. He was pretty stressed out but still managed to make us fabulous Yorkshire pudding, guacamole and bread pudding out of panettone. The first pictures below are of scorched earth and smoke on our way up the coast.

The dogs could not have been happier - Sammie tried to make friends with Shamrock, not so successful, and both Jack and Sam got to run and romp with Raleigh and Maurice's dog, Lily. I got to take 10,000 step walks with Susan, and Harry got to catch up with his dear dear friends from his Peace Corp and grad school days. sweet.

The next two posts have more Nipomo pictures. xoxoxo to allRead more