Long time no write

Yesterday Dale and I pretended to be tourists and went to Neverland - can only see the front gate but as I understand the rest is not as nice as it once was. We didn't even like MJ but decided that since we were so close and we were curious we had to go look. Same thing happened with the memorial - curious to see what they had planned and ended up watching the whole program and actually thought the show was very tastefully done - and very touching. After satisfying our curiosity we went to the Los Olivios market and had a grilled tri tip sandwich, then on to Firestone Brewery for a beer and some fries.

The second picture is the Carpinteria City beach on the 4th of July. It is interesting to be here for the summer. The food in the Farmer's market has changed - I've never bought red seedless grapes outside of the grocery store! The number of people out and about has more than doubled - there is always one or more groups of sunbathers walking down the street with the beach as their goal. Bicycle riders are everywhere - most seem to want to follow pedistrian rules when it suits them and car rules when they are more convienent - means you never know when a bicyclist will pull out in front of your car or run you over while out for a walk. But the weather is beautiful - 70's during the day and 50's at night. Time to close and join the crowd on the beach.