Day 14 - Montaña de Oro

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🤶

Today we traveled a bit south to Montaña de Oro State Park ⛰️ and confirmed that we *have* been there before, a few years ago. The tide 🌊 was even higher this time, likely due to the storm system up north and so we stayed out of the tidal pool. (Part of the Santa Cruz wharf collapsed yesterday. 🥺) Took a hike out on the short Bluff Trail, which gave us the fantastic photos and short videos you will see below. Absolutely beautiful cove! 😍

Finding lunch on Christmas day was a bit of a challenge, but found a little Mexican market that also made food. The owner spoke a little English and I spoke a little Spanish, and we managed to order. 🇲🇽

Afterwords we stopped by the Coastal Access Monarch Butterfly Preserve 🦋, a nice suburban forest next to Morro Bay. Unfortunately, it’s a really bad year for the monarches and we didn’t see any. ☹️ Then a stop of Morro Coast Audubon Society Sweet Sprint Nature Preserve. (They couldn’t find a shorter name?) Saw some birds and deer in their little forest and more birds out in the bay.

Then back to our camper for a nice Christmas dinner (thanks love 😘) and reservations to stay right here another two nights, because 🥁… the check engine light is on again! 🤦