Steve and Judy's Travels!

 

Couldn’t sleep past 5.  (I’m a time-zone sissy.  I don’t easily adjust.)  Got a few hours of work in.  Took a half-day class for CPE on the computer.  (I’m still counting that down for the year.  10 hours to go.)  and did some birding.  Three new birds for the year:  California Towhee, California Thrasher, and California Gnatcatcher.  Now we’re at 471!  Only 29 to go.

 

One of my stops was the botanic gardens; that always seems to be a stop.

 

 

Ended the day in Oceanside.  Sister-in-law Barbara met me for dinner at Angelos.  That was a good visit.

 

Hot Pastrami Sandwich!  I demolished it.

Or it demolished me.

 

 

..and there is one corner missing.  There aren’t any pins in the bottom left.  Until now.

 

2019 Trip Map

 

Judy is not over the shingles yet, but the painkillers for nerve pain have her at a good balance point.  So tonight I’m in San Diego.  One more shot at more bird species for the year!

 

The list started the day at 465 birds.  35 birds to go to get to 500.  That’s a long way with just a couple weeks to go in the year.  But I landed in San Diego early afternoon.  Time enough to get to the San Diego River tidal flats before dark.  Three new birds:  Snowy Plover, Red Knot, and Western Gull.  Missed the Eurasian Wigeon.  468.  32 to go.

 

 

 

 

 

…and waiting for Dad, when I was gone.

 

 

 

…about stupid humor.  And I thought of Car Talk.  Car Talk purports to be about cars, but you don’t really have to know much about cars to enjoy the stupid humor of Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.

 

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk

 

It was fun to listen to some Car Talk episodes, but then I remembered this guy I stumbled across that keeps having run-ins with Bigfoot.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeFL-YOmQvQ

 

He and Bigfoot do have issues.

 

 

 

I’m the reason we can’t have nice things!