I decided to take one of Liam's Babas (patch puppy) with us. One stays on his urn and the other usually next to my bed.
What we thought was going to be just a normal trip, turned out to be something amazing.
We started out in Morro Bay. We decided we would leisurely walk through the shops. We found the little mini pier and decide to just hang out for a bit. We weren't in a rush and to be honest, I was extremely emotional and needed the minute before I broke down crying.
We found some cut outs and decided why not, we were here for some fun. Lanie said she's was Nemos mom.
And of course we had to make her an octopus. The prettiest one you'll ever find.
After walking a few more shops we decided to make our way back to the truck. On our way we found a new friend.
I told him to smile, and he looked right at me and posed.
Then took lunch out to the Morro Rock. There we watched the boats and the sea life when suddenly a seagul decide to have lunch with us. He jumped right up on the hood of the truck. We couldn't yet but laugh. Justin tried honking to scare him off but he only looked at us as if we were dumb. I suggested he turn on the wipers. Instead of being scared, the seagul took it as a challenge and tried to ride the wipers. That only made us laugh harder.
After lunch, we decided to get out and explore. Of course my girl posed for some pictures with the "cloud makers" (the three stacks in the background). You'll see in the background there's lots of otters hanging out.
This was only the beginning of our first day. We made our way to Pismo where we met up with one of my long time friends and her boys. We went by one f the candy shops where she bought a chocolate covered worm and a chocolate covered cricket. The kids didn't want them at first. L said he would only eat a chocolate covered scorpion. He happily ate the worm after I bribed him with cotton candy. He said it tasted awesome and he wanted more lol. Lanie wanted nothing to do with any of it. Their little friend popped the cricket in her mouth, no fuss and said it was crunchy. We all had a good laugh. Are a few more stores, we head out to the beach.
My feet loved being in the hot sand. The kids flew a kite and played in the water and the sand. Since our friends moved to Pismo 2 years ago, we rarely got to get together with them so this was much needed time. Our kids had grown up together and were close like cousins.
Soon our time was over, and we needed to head out to Cambria where we were staying the night with hubs mom and day at the beach house they rented. This is where our world got flipped on its axis and the real surprise hit. We couldn't have expected what was in store. It was like being dropped in a movie set.
You had to drive through windy mountain roads to get to the house. We were surrounded by trees most the way there, then the view just opened up and all you saw was ocean. Our jaws dropped. Yet that still didn't prepare us for the view that was to come.
There were we deer in people's yards. They weren't scared of anyone.
This was a mere 3 blocks from where we were staying.
The house itself was crazy. It was built in the 60's and was one of the first there. It had a full look out on the top of the house. It was crazy insane. The view from the living room was just shocking. Two walls of just windows overlooking the beautiful ocean, unobstructed.
We decide we should explore the beach right below the house before the sun set, so we took of for a little adventure. At one point the house had its own stairs down to the beach, but over time erosion won over and washed them out. So we took the access one house over.
These two pictures are from the top of the stairs.
I heard once that Heaven seems closer when your at the beach. I didn't quiet get that until we ended up here. I swear Heaven seemed as if I could just swim out a little ways and I'd be there. Like Heaven and earth merged right here on this coast line.
These pictures don't really do true justice to was we saw with our own eyes. While on the beach, we explored the tides pools that seemed to be everywhere. Lanie and Bella got to see all kinds of sea life. They were packed with little crabs, hermit crabs, muscles, and anemone.
And of course we took so many pictures, my phone filled up quick.
Lanie wore her no prescription glasses all day long and at the end of the day, I made her hand them over so I could take a turn lol.
Before we the sun set completely, we headed back up to the house to take pictures from the back porch. That's when we saw the following picture. It looks like there's an angel in the sky. I knew right then that this was my baby boy, telling me he was there, and everything was ok. This was when it truely felt like Heaven was close. It took all I had not to loose control and just bawl.
Now take a look at this panoramic view and tell me, Heavens not shining through.
This morning, I woke up at 5am to the sound of the waves crashing across the rocks. I sat there for an hour, alone in quiet as I watched the waves crash, the birds fly across the ocean and the sky lighten. That's when I let the tears fall. They were for me and Liam and I didn't want to share them.
When the girls finally woke up, we bundled up and took a walk on the beach to look for shells. We saw the biggest, greenish anemone ever.
I took Liam's Baba down on the beach with us. Justin found a sea urchin shell so I sat them down for a picture.
And one last picture to show the house and it's lookout.
After 2 hours scouring all the tide pools and being enthralled by everything, we made our way back to the house to back up and leave. We headed out for breakfast in Morro Bay and some more shopping.
We went back to the shell shack, where I spent 20 minutes thoroughly searching through every shell angel for the perfect one to bring back to Liam's corner.
I brought this glittery beauty back and hung it in Liam's corner with his urn. (It's still shocking that thes an urn in our house instead of a beautiful little boy)
After the Shell Shack, I took the girls into the aquarium. Lanie was learning about sea animals in school this past year, so it was perfect to continue teacher her.
First came the sea lion and seals.
Lanie got to see a few who had been injured at some point and placed there as well as in their natural habitat in the bay. We much prefer them free.
I'm not a big fan of aquariums lol. I made Lanie pose with the octopus. I told her if she didn't, I would unleash the Kracken on her (jokingly of course).
I wonder who this big guys dentist is.
This crab wasn't happy the tiger shark was rubbing up against it.
We thought the starfish was pretty cool.
After a little more exploring, we headed back to the truck and home, vowing we would find a way to afford to stay at that beach house for a few days one day. It was a great trip. A much needed release to some of our stress.
After we got home, Lanie and I went out and bought a few glass jars for hour sand and shells. One large one for our big shells and drift wood.
And one small one for Lanie to keep in her room.
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