This evening I drove to Santa Cruz to visit Casa Curry. I got kisses and wiggles from Lacey; Boxer girlie. I got snuggles with furry and getting bigger Callie; Feline girlie. And I got to meet the newest kitten in the household, Kismet. Cassius was gone for the weekend with his daddy.

Susan and I hit Marie Callendar's for lunch. Originally we were just going to hit the salad bar and buy a pie since it is Pie Month <g>. But they had a huge brunch spread that just looked wonderful. Next thing you know we have plates piled high with food and are eating like there is no tomorrow. My brunch consisted of sausage, ham and egg omelet, potatoes, enchilada, shrimp pasta (yum) and salmon drizzled with Bernaise sauce. A slice of apple pie for desert and I was ready for a nap. But the afternoon had only just begun.

We took off from the local harbor for a fantastic 2 hour boat ride. Susan's neice hooked us up with this wonderful ride and came along. It was a huge sailing yacht the cruised all around the Monterey Bay harbor. They served some wonderful snacks and as much wine as you wanted. The wine was very tasty. I used to crew on my Godfather's sailboat for weekly races. It was nice to NOT be the one running around with sails and grabbing lines. Even my godfather would have loved this yacht. It was lovely!

The weather was grand. We enjoyed watching the sea lions hanging out under the boardwalk pier and making a ruckus. We watched tons of giant kelp floating to the surface as well as a huge Pelican flying low across our bow. For me the neatest sight was seeing several large floating jellyfish. I have seen them in the aquarium, but never "out in the wild" as it were. LOL---not sure what else to call the open bay. The heads on some were the size of a basketball.

I drove home and am now just nodding off to sleep. The Boxers were happy to see me. Of course I got the official sniff session; "where have you been??".