Ventura Shore

Welcome to what is probably the final post for our vacation!!! Mostly about the locale where we stayed for the last part.

This was the view from the hotel we stayed at, right on the Ventura harbor. It's from the gap between the two buildings. Our room was facing the fields, not the ocean, on the top floor. Probably worked out better, because in the morning, sea lions start barking.

After we went out to eat at the barbecue place the first night, we drove over to the Ventura pier as it was getting dark.

The view was great!!!

The moon was almost full...

I had my Pokemon Go going, there were stops all the way out!!! Several of the creatures, not many of them water types!!!

The next night, the boy & I went on a walk around the harbor to the ocean side.

On the way back, there was a restruant that had a live band doing country western standards on the upper level patio. We hung out and listened to them play for a few songs from the seating by the harbor, then their time was up for the night.

And there's that jacket we bought!!!

& there's a heron we came upon. He flew off, squaking noisily.

The next morning, we were on the outside patio having breakfast, and the sea lions were carrying on.

Turned out they were just a bit down from the hotel, on the dock between two empty slips!!!

The were quite active... except for this one!!!

Gone Back to Solvang

A return to the vacation recap!!! The first night we arrived in Ventura, we went to a barbecue resturant for dinner, then went to Ventura pier. When we had been in Carlsbad, the weather had been warm, and the boy decided he didn't need a jacket, so he hadn't brought a jacket, and it turned out to be cold on the waterfront!!! The next day we stopped into a thrift store and happened on a really nice leather bomber jacket for $20, and I found a Dr. Who T-shirt. After that, we headed up to Solvang!!!

It had been years since we had been there, and it was the first time for my son. If you didn't know, Solvang is a Danish village up in the hills.

The first place that we went into was a shop selling Turkish lights. They are really cool looking, but are very expensive!!! My wife found a little change purse with an Oriential rug design, and I got an evil eye keychain.

As is the custom, we were going to get some æbleskivers, but by the time we got there every place that serves them was closed. I guess they are something of a breakfast item. We ended up going to the Copenhagen Sausage Garden and getting some pretzels and a sampler plate. The sampler plate comes with 3 kinds, so we each got to choose one. I got the only one of Danish origin, the rod polse. My son, who if I haven't made mention, is learning German, opted for one with German origins, the bockwurst. My wife chose the most American sounding one, the cheddar bacon. Rod polse turned out to be very plain, in taste and appearance. It reminded me of a hot dog. The bockwurst was better, but not that exciting, really. My wife had chosen wisely, hers was the best tasting!!!

Speaking of the German language, Danish isn't that far off, and my son was able to understand some of the language. One of the shops we visited was playing German pop music, and he was able to follow it.

Since it was his first time visiting, my son had a positve first impression!!!