2013 Bankson Road Trip - Part 3

Part 3


Morro Rock, what a view, what a place...

Camper Set-up at MBSP

We pulled into Morro Bay State Park late Monday night, April 8^th.  This is one of our ver favorite places and a beautiful campground.  On Tuesday, while Jasen worked, the kids and I went for a bike ride around the campground and down the road to the Natural History Museum.  It’s up on the hill and overlooks Morro Rock and the coastline.  It also has a lot of fun stuff for the kids to do (videos, games, puppets, etc) and lots of cool info about the surrounding estuary.  Jasen had a rough work day so after dinner we went to the rock and watched a gorgeous sunset then back to camp for some hot cocoa. 



Blake loves his camper bunkbed and so does clifford and blue blanky



First day playing in the sand at the beach!



Happy Bday Lil!

Rock climbing  at
Los Osos Tidepools

Wednesday April 10^th: Happy 1^st Birthday Lily! I dropped Jasen off in Morro Bay at Coffee Cottage, a nice coffee shop on the water, and the kids and I went down the street to the beach by Morro Rock and played in the sand for a few hours.  The weather was good, sunny and 70, good for sand and splashing in the water but not swimming (I was glad b/c I don’t know how I’d watch 3 kids swimming in the ocean).  I have to confess I gave Lily her first sunburn:(.  I took her sweater off after I applied sunscreen and didn’t get her little arms.  She never complained but I still feel bad.  It aslo took her a few mouthfuls of sand to figure out she didn't really care for it, we'll see how that comes out later...sometimes w/3 kids they have to learn by doing.  Jasen finished up work at 5 and we headed out to the tidepools in Los Osos.  We discovered starfish, sea urchins, crabs, snails, and tiny fish among the shale rocks.  The kids had a lot of fun climbing, Lily included.  Blake, Kylie, and I especially liked it when Jasen got splashed by 2 waves that came through a little cave by the tidepools – he was soaked!  We topped off the day with cake and ice cream for Lily and many birthday songs. 

Yumm!

This is where Jasen took me
to dinner the night he proposed
to me...now here we are 11yrs
later, all 5 of us.

Thursday morning we visited SLO County Health Department and Lil Bug got her 12month shots – so hard but so important.  Afterward we went to Firestones for lunch, famous for their tri-tip sandwiches- YUM!  That evening we went back downtown to Farmers Market, watched some street performers, picked up fresh fruit and veggies for the week, and Blake and Kylie played on the big blow-up slide.  We ran into 3 people we knew, which was fun, and really enjoyed the throwback. 




Blake orchestrated a dig the
whale out rescue mission :)

Friday morning we went down to Pirate Ship Park on Morro Bay to enjoy a picnic on our last day in Morro Bay – wish we could stay longer here, it is so beautiful and laid back. (Note to self: make reservations several months in advance to get desired dates).  Kids loved the park and made many new friends.  Blake coordinated an effort to dig the cement whale out of the sand as only his tale was sticking up.  For anyone reading – definitely stop in Morro Bay for a few days if you ever drive down Highway 1 for vaca.