Sunday, August 31, 2025

We Get to Meet Marilyn!! (and Montana de Oro - Islay Campground)

 




Aug 23, 2025 - We made it to the hospital at 7:30PM and got to meet Marilyn!  What a sweet sweet girl!  



First pics!





She's just barely awake







Next it's Kev's turn




Perfection







And Mom's doing great!








family photo





the little burrito






Aug 24, 2025 - It's someone's birthday today!  He got breakfast of choice and then he got second breakfast (as Erich likes to call it) from Windward.  Then dinner at our favorite Osos Pizza spot, Nardonne's.  Seems like the day revolved around food!




eggs, sausage and bagel for b-day boy






clean up the house before we head for some camping at Montana de Oro






So nice to see the living room all done!  When we left here in March, it was still a construction zone.





An e-bike ride to the grocery store and Windward Bakery.  The hills of Los Osos are do-able on the e-bikes!








Peanut butter and fruit croissant,  strawberry cheux puff, and chocolate something.






That's a happy, b-day boy






making some Mullagatawny Soup for the kids for when they get home from the hospital






always love the views of Morro Rock








Birthday Cheers from Nardonne's





Aug 25, 2025 - We ran errands today and got another hospital visit in!





Elaine and Ian made it to the hospital courtyard today!






Montana de Oro campsite 07





We stopped by the hospital for a visit and I gave Elaine...







the baby blanket I've been working on for the last 2 years.







gotta get a pic of me with Marilyn and the blanket





now all 3 of us








cutie pie






Next we'll get Kev with Marilyn and the blanket







Proud Mama






Cute fam







Do you think I got enough pics of Marilyn with her new blanket?








We made it back to Montana de Oro for the sunset over Spooner Beach








It's just a few minute walk from the campground





















There it goes...





Aug 26, 2025 - Looks like they won't be home from the hospital until tomorrow, so we're going to do some exploring in Montana de Oro today.  



We rode our bikes down to the Point Buchon parking lot (the Point Buchon hike is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for some reason) and then rode the bluff trail back to the Spooner homestead parking lot. 






nice bench and pretty flowers






bluff trail







pretty cliffs






more bluffs







About a 6 mile round trip ride






beers and books



Aug 27, 2025 - They're coming home today!  




It's only a 15 min drive from Montana de Oro to Elaine and Ian's and today the morning drive was especially beautiful







A little foggy, but blue skies






and looking the other way it's fog covered mountains








We prepared a little welcome for them...they should be home later this afternoon






After our errands we went back to MDO and hiked the Reservoir Flats trail (after the first climb of the hike we could look down on the campground)






This trail is also for mountain bikers and horses





Another birdseye view of the campground.  Tiny's down there









Nice view from even higher.  The hike left from the campground and then circled around to enter the back of the campground, about a mile and a half.






Last photo in the hospital!






Sleepy Marilyn












Birthday cake for our August birthdays, Kev and Marilyn.  They shared an ice cream cake.







Sunset on Hollister Peak







and Morro Rock





and gorgeous views on our drive back to MDO











love the ombre





driving by Spooner Beach







And the moon above the mountain behind our campsite.  Good Night




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