April, 2011 Trip To Cambria, CA

Cambria Best Western
This year's choice was the Best Western, right along the ocean front.
Hotel
The hotel was reputed to be dog friendly, and dog friendly rooms can be......not so people friendly.  This one was not bad at all.

Room
At least this time around the shower wasn't in the middle of the room and the toilet paper holder didn't eject the rolls just out of reach.

Dog
Still alive in there?

Sleep
At least one of us is getting a good night's sleep.

Beach
The coast line is not as sandy as other beaches but there are a lot of tide pools.

Beach
The sandy area to the north is off limits to dogs, of  course.

Beach
There are walking paths all along the coast.

Hotel
Someone would just love to get off lead.  Rabbits and squirrels everywhere!

Beach
This was a common sight........

Beach
Trying to get one of the rodents to pose for pictures.

Beach
It can get hazy in the late afternoon.

Sunset
Sunset

Pismo Beach Rock
Looking south towards Pismo Beach.

Gulls
There is a dog friendly beach further north.

Kite Boarding
It also is a great place to wind surf (Whoops, I stand corrected.  According to Jeff, the correct term is Kite Boarding.)
Kite Boarding
This guy is getting himself hooked up.

Wind Surfing
He waits for the wind to catch the sail.

Kite Boarding
And off he goes.

Kite Boarding
They can really move.

Kite Boarding
Unfortunately,  Max the standard poodle has no fear of the ocean and  found that chasing kite boarders was great fun.   He would have had no issues at all with following the kite boarders out to see.

Kite Boarding
We had to keep him hooked up.

Kite Boarding
It would be rather ironic having a kite boarder rescue a poodle in distress whose new mission in life was to capture said kite boarder.