Chorro and CeCe Go to the Coast

Chorro's cousin CeCe invited us to drive over to the coast with them for the weekend!



CeCe is my sister's Polish Sheepdog and she and Chorro met for the first time last month.

You know Chorro, he definitely wants to be in the driver's seat.



We were very excited to go over to the ocean. It's about a four-hour drive and takes us over the Coastal Mountains, so we not only were going to see the ocean but lots of beautiful scenery along the way.

About halfway through our drive, we could see Clearlake, a very large lake in central California. Its length is more than a hundred miles, so we caught many glimpses of it.


Behind it are mountains high enough to be snow-capped.



And to top if off, we drove through tall redwoods flanking the highway.


Midmorning, we came across a team of wild turkeys practicing precision dancing. They reminded me of Native American fan dancers. Hmm, maybe Native American fan dancers were reminded of wild turkeys?



We arrived at the coast where Cheryl had a beautiful suite reserved for us at a country inn. Here's the view from our deck.



Across from us is a very rugged coast access with steep trails to scramble down.


Farther north on the coastline was this very dog-friendly white sand beach, where the dogs explored and played for hours.



I watched the waves and tried to capture them at their peaks as they crashed into the rocks.



My sister Cheryl walked with the dogs.


And she relaxed with the dogs.


It was a great beach for strolling.


Back at our inn, we relaxed and I captured a couple of sunset pictures from the deck.


We had a great time in the fresh air, crashing waves, and golden California sunshine.

And tomorrow is a new day.