Travelling 101 south from Antioch we pass through many miles of fertile, highly productive farm land. This double trailer load pulled up next to us at just about the only rest stop on 101 for 200 miles. He was hauling two loads of red bell peppers. Uncovered. Just blowing down the road. Joan took one look at that and felt real good about washing her all her fruits and veggies when she comes home from shopping. 
The second part of the first winter storm of the season hit us the first night we pulled into Pismo Beach. Rained all night, sometimes quite hard. This is the storm that moved east and threw early season blizzard conditions into eastern Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Deadwood received 45 inches of snow. By the time it hit there, the sky was blue and temps were in the 70s at Pismo. The water is a little chilly, but this doesn't stop Joanie from putting on her swim suit.
There's a eucalyptus grove next to our campground where monarch butterflies come to spend the winter. I'd of never believed it if I had not of seen it for myself! 
This Monarch had become entangled in the spider's web. Not good for either of them - the Monarch was destroying the web and the spider was actually looking for something more tasty to eat. Joan freed the butterfly and it flew away.
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