We had not seen Marmot (her trail name by the way and now part of her legal name) for almost ten years, I think. We hiked the AT from beginning to end with her in 1991, and also spent six weeks with her in Vancouver when we started our trip around the world in 1995. She has hiked all three classic long distance trails in the USA, the Appalachian Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Pacific Crest Trail. This has earned her the title Triple Crowner. She is an artist for a big studio, but continues her long distance hiking when she gets hiatus from her work. We hit the timing well and after catching up for hours and hours on Saturday, she told us she had a day planned for us tomorrow if we would like to go to the beach! Indeed we would. First thing we have to be feet in the Pacific and then brunch!
We had so much fun on this Easter Sunday. A sample of some of the images of Venice Beach, the boardwalk and the Santa Monica Pier:
Cleaning his surfboard. You don't see that everywhere.
A yoga class on the beach.
The Willet joined in!
Heading to the pier.
We ventured onto the carousel.
Ultimate beach comfort!
Murals and color everywhere.
We enjoyed fruit from this vendor.
This Venice has canals too.
It is impossible to share all that we enjoyed this day. Music was everywhere, people surfing or jogging on the sand, children building the classic castles and our friendship renewed as we walked the beach. We are grateful for the time we had to share with our special friend in this special place.
Funny footnote! (Ha what a pun.) When we got back to Marmots we realized we had picked up some souvenirs on our feet from the beach. A bit of scrubbing took care of it!
PS Three of three coming later today...Sequoia and Yosemite! Happy trails. Love and hugs...
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