day 1 of our week-long "date"

We were off & running about 9am .... the original plan was 8am but with the "spring ahead"of the clocks .... we missed our target! A stop at Starbucks somehow reminded the Captain that he forget his sunglasses so back to the house & out again .... but since there was no place we had to be at any specific time- who cares!!
we wound through the green hills toward our destination and somewhere along the way .... we came to this sign and thought MAYBE we were heading north (except where was the snow???) fortunately .....
it wasn't long before we found the ocean and we felt a great relief :o)

we stopped for a snack- knowing that where we were going to have our main meal would have a waiting list .... and, in honor of St Patty's week-

we actually had corned beef & saurkraut pizza. (luckily only a small amount of the kraut). Sounds odds, but it was yummy. EVENTUALLY we did sup at The Fisherman's Restaurant in San Clemente .... grilled ono for both of us.

and arrived in Carlsbad in plenty of time to unpack & relax before the sunset called to us for a snapshot. We had to walk a few feet to catch it, as our condo has an ocean view but not quite in the right direction of the sunset .... however, at 9pm, as I write this, we have our slider open & can hear to ocean waves breaking (oh .... so .... YAY)
I like the pelican silhouettes against the sunset!