Carpinteria Bluffs

Sunday Funday!
We drove north to Carpinteria, which is a little bit south of Santa Barbara.  First off lunch.  Cherry Vanilla Sprite!  
A little geocaching and playgrounding.

Melee fighting!

The main attraction.

The trail to the bluffs.

We made this same trip in May 2014 and I tend to take similar photos so this post will have some throwback comparison photos….like this one. 

2017

2014

A look towards the mountains.  It was cool and overcast which was nice.

Same tree in 2014.

 
2017

2014 (that must be my favorite blue jacket)

A look down at the sea lions.  It is birthing season (I guess that\’s what you call it) so there were lots of moms and pups.   Quinn even pointed out a baby getting some milk.

There are naturally occurring tar pits.  This one was still gooey.

On the beach checking out some tidepools.

There was a big pod of dolphins out in the water.  You can see a couple of fins.

The boy is done.  It was about 3 miles round trip.    He is filthy dirty so it must have been a good day.

Heading back to the car.  A great day with flowers, geocaching, sea lions & pups, tar pits, beach time, dolphins, photography,  and fresh ocean air.

This Week

Quinn (and Don) loves to tip back in his chair.  Any chair.  I would get calls from the nurse when he was in pre-school saying that he had fallen out of his chair and bumped his head.  It\’s a recurring theme.  
His 3rd grade teacher generally uses the green IKEA stools in her classroom but brought in a regular chair for Quinn.  But he was still tipping his chair so much that she got him this wobbly stool.  He can tip all he wants but it won\’t tip over.  Quinn loves it!

Cotton Candy sunset.

Another day, another hike with Sonic.  

Quinn\’s BFF has decided to give Taekwondo a try.  The TKD studio always has a buddy week right after testing and this little ninja decided to sign up for the trial.  They won\’t be in the same class but they can practice their moves together.