41. Frivolity

This week we took a little break from Monterey County and headed south to our neighbor county of San Luis Obispo—a 44th anniversary getaway. The dog came too. We stayed in the seaside town of Cambria. And we geocached (which is what I mean by this post's title: geocaching is our frivolous pleasure). Here are some pictures I took.

Breakfast on Main Street

The beautiful coastline

A boardwalk walk

Tbere are many benches in Fiscalini Ranch Preserve—
and some of them (like this one) harbor geocaches

A fun cache at the amazing Cambria Nursery & Florists

One isn't usually invited to just go
opening random chests

Heading east on Hwy 46—beautiful California

One of a half dozen "Monster" caches
we found on our way home (there are
more than 60 altogether: we'll have to
come back!). This one was The Werewolf.

The clue to open the combination lock
was a shaggy dog—or rather, horse, monkey,
and bicycle—story. Super fun. And once
we got inside, we discovered the silver bullet
that would protect us from the werewolf.

Another in the Monster series: this one
a rather winsome jackalope, in the 
Paso Robles Public Library.

The Grim Reaper (the cache is tucked
into the upper upright)

Official Geocache

Though you wouldn't know it from the
signage...

Another chest!

As David signs the log

San Miguel Fire Station: the cache is
the "lantern" in the dalmatian's jaws

Finally, the cache unscrewed from the
bottom of the antenna

Here it is

And here's the view from the cache location

We had a fine time caching. We also got to have dinner with some good friends who live in Morro Bay. And it was just nice to have a change of scene. Win win win!