A big crashy, angry ocean...

Last week on Saturday there were high seas advisories posted for the coast, so we took a walk to the beach to see what was happening. We could hear the ocean roaring from the house and as we got closer, it got louder! Lee took some pictures down at the reserve, and then we walked up to the Montara light house and got a lot of shots of crashing waves up there.

The waves generated a TON of sea foam, which made some pretty interesting patterns as the waves crashed in. We spent about an hour, just observing the awesome power of the sea! Following are some of the (many, many) pictures that Lee took:

Sea foam on the rocks

I love this shot! You can see the flag through the glass on the lighthouse, and the light, too.

The Saturday before last, as we were wandering around in Half Moon Bay, we spotted a poster for Lacy J. Dalton! Ok, who remembers her? She was a pretty popular country artist from Santa Cruz in the 80's, and toured with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. I hadn't heard anything about her in ages, but the poster said that she was going to be performing at Costanoa on Saturday, the 7th.

We've driven by Costanoa thousands of times, on our way to/from Santa Cruz and points south.

We both really like Lacy, so when we got home, I went online and got information on the concert, then called to make reservations. I discovered that there was also a chuck wagon bar-b-que available! Lacy J. Dalton AND a chuck wagon bar-b-que! An unbeatable combination! To get us in the mood, I pulled out my old CD's and we listened to those on Saturday. The dinner was great, and the concert was FABULOUS!! She was performing in the restaurant, a small venue, so we were about 15 ft. from her, and she sang for almost two hours. We got her latest CD, and found that she has some other CD's coming out. She's gone independent, which is why we haven't heard much about her lately - there's no big record company behind her.

We had a "guest" join us for dinner! One of the house cats found her way into the dining room, and of course, Lee and I fed her ribs and chicken! They tried to catch her and put her out, but she was pretty good at evading capture! Eventually they did catch her and took her out the back door. Sure enough, in a few minutes she was back again - she came in the front door! We thought it was a hoot!

Looks a bit like Tuck, huh?

The inimitable Lacy J. Dalton!!

A fabulous Saturday night!