Tsumanis and Palaces

Imagine waking to the sound of the local sheriff announcing that you must evacuate your cozy motel room, forego breakfast and head to higher ground. That was the start of the day. Seems a 7.9 earthquake in Japan had caused a massive tsumani that was heading straight for the California coast by way of Hawaii. Not knowing how high the wave would rise, the constabulary moved us out of the way. We sat on a knoll overlooking the ocean with nary a tsumani in sight for about an hour. Fortunately it was a lovely day.

Our drive up yesterday was rather pleasant with no heavy traffic. Of course we had the lovely romantic walk along the cliffs amidst the pines and ice plant as the sun sank into the Pacific.








We tasted a number of lovely local wines over the day, though the Eberly mix of Zin and Tempranillo stood out, as did a couple of chardonnays. We will likely try more tonight at Robin's Restaurant when John promises to eat one of his favorite dishes, pork osso buco.

Saturday morning, off to the north along the coast on route 1.