camping

i've been away all week on a camping vacation in el capitan beach, santa barbara.

the beach is beautiful there,

with big, smooth rocks

and  red colored seaweed.

we hiked the nature trails and saw

thistle , mustard

yarrow  and

poison oak!

my sister and i share a toast to nature (after a few days of no shower or make-up!)

oma made cute crochet collection bags with initials for all the girls

and they collected the things they found to trade.

the kids made gods eyes

to hang from the tent openings

to ward off evil spirits (but only a family of skunks came passing by late at night :)

we cooked our food on this old 70's coleman stove our dad kept from when we were kids

we played

and the cousins shared good times.

i collected plenty of driftwood, rocks and inspiration.

we watched the seals jumping in the ocean and pelicans diving for fish (until the sun set).

and already looking forward to the next time.
 this sweet song  played on the college radio station up there, in santa barbara