Catching Up -Abbreviated Style

We pulled out of Denver, Colorado, the first week of February, between snow storms and a 25 year record cold snap of -17 degrees F, seeking warmer weather and looking forward to a lengthy visit in Arizona with one of our daughters, son-in-law and two grandsons!  Enjoying the time and company, we set out for southern California.  Spent a few days with one of my brothers in Hemet, then off to Escondido area for additional five weeks with Louise's folks and family, visiting two other brothers of mine and a bit of sight seeing included.   We headed off on our adventure-trek two days after Easter Sunday.  Heading north we soon hooked up to Highway 101 and then Highway 1.  Because of our planned departure being delayed one week, we decided to skip the tourist stops and drove straight through Los Angeles basin.  We landed in Carpenteria the first night next to the beach and then traveled to Pismo Beach where we stayed for a couple of nights.  We headed north, inland this time, due to a road closure on Hwy 1 and we set up camp outside Monterey.