good times and unexpected finds

Our dear friends from Martha's Vineyard visited us a few weeks ago. It was reunion and reconnection for us, a set of wandering souls that always manage to laugh together, to taste wine, eat crepes every morning, prune shrubs, fish, get yelled at by the neighbor for orations in the night (Hamlet at 10 PM is way too rowdy for this neighborhood), ride the Logjammer in Santa Cruz and other things. Lots of other random things.

We all went to Big Sur and camped in Andrew Molera State Park. As expected, the beaches were amazing, the scenery more so. The weather held and the sun shone. Unexpected...a little tavern off of Highway 1 with plaster walls and alcoves for reading Henry Miller quotes, games and good beer on tap, and piles of yarn curiously waiting next to the bathroom doors. We assumed it was the work of an artist, an installation, a way of mysteriously charming the tourists. We grabbed and ran. But we'll happily give it back...please, come forward you enigmatic yarn-giver!  

Photo credit: Elizabeth Greene