Thursday August 20, 2015 Oceano, CA

The smoke from the Cuesta fire has reached our area. It is several miles north and inland.  We had our coffee while catching up on computer activities and watching the morning TV shows.

After coffee I went out to try to find some caches.  I got off to a slow start. The first two I couldn't even find a way to get close enough to start a hunt.  The next two I hunted and couldn't find.  I finished with four finds in a relative small area on the border of Pismo Beach and Grover Beach.

Avila Beach Pier

I went back to the coach about 5 so I would have plenty of time to get ready for dinner.  We went to a restaurant about 12 miles to the north in Avila Beach.  The Custom House was recommended by friends as their favorite in the area.  http://oldcustomhouse.com/ The restaurant is on Front Street, that should give you an idea how close it was to the beach. Avila Beach is a quaint town.  It is like Dana Point in that when you are facing the ocean you aren't facing west so the sun seems to be setting in the north.  The town also has two piers.  The bay wasn't very busy with only 4 sailboats in view.  Due to the smoke the view was hazy.

We had a very good dinner.  Our waiter, Andrew, was very accommodating.  I had a top sirloin special and Gerri had a shrimp dinner.  On the menu it was a mix of shrimp and scallops, but at Gerris request Andrew had the chef make it all shrimp.  We dined on a patio that was enclosed on three sides.  They had gas fireplaces and in spite of the coolness it was very comfortable.





It was getting dark on the drive back to Oceano.  Curtis had called during dinner.  I called him back and we talked for most of the drive home.  School hasn't started in Kyle but he was working at home on schedules.

Back at the coach we watched some TV and played another game of 500 Rummy.  Gerri won again. That is five in a row, all the games we have played.

Some more reading brought us to bedtime.