Harvest Time

Here are some fruits and veggies we picked the other day.  Always cool to get them from the backyard rather than the grocery store.  Just for fun, we chilled them in the van refrigerator... why not?

Homegrown produce chillin' in the Engel MT45 refrigerator

Avila Beach, CA

Our very first trip with Gypsea was to Avila Beach and it was amazing!  After we picked her up from  
GoWesty, we drove right to the campsite at Port San Luis to set up.  We decided to camp up high away from all the commotion and this proved to be the best, most relaxing, decision.  It was so peaceful and as I started drifting away towards a nap, I sent this email to GoWesty:

From: Lindsay
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013
To: Lucas & the GoWesty crew
Subject: Just picked up my GoWesty camper

Lucas!

I'm about to crash out for a nap in my GoWesty camper for the first time. The extra thick cushion is super comfortable! Oh my gosh... we just love this camper!!!   

Thanks to the entire crew at GoWesty for all their hard work. Thank you so much for helping us find the perfect fit.  We'll definitely keep in touch and keep you updated. 

Have a great weekend,
Lindsay

It was so unbelievably calming to fall asleep to the sounds of seals barking and waves crashing.  Although it was a short trip, it was perfect.  We drove through Morro Bay (this is where we sailed all the time when I was a baby) and made a quick stop at Tobin James Cellars.  We even managed to squeeze in a birthday celebration for my uncle! 

The only downside was that we had to leave early because I had to write a paper on hearing science for graduate school.  NOT!!!... thanks to GoWesty's suggestion to install a power inverter, I was able to get 100% on a paper that I wrote in a van at the beach!   Love it!

First lunch at Fat Cats

First meal in the van... healthy + gummy bears :)

Paying the camp fees

First nap

Gypsea's first camp spot

Our address for the weekend

Our favorite... Landshark; among others

Morro Bay Yacht Club

Morro Rock

Tobin James Cellars

TJC

TJC

Birthday celebration!

Birthday riddles

First paper of many... *sigh*

Memorial Day

This weekend seems like the perfect time to begin this blog.  We have been keeping the newest member of our family somewhat of a secret for a couple of months, but it's time we start sharing her adventures.  Gypsea has already made quite a few trips to the Bakersfield National Cemetery and although it never gets any easier to venture to this destination, we feel engulfed in peace and are comforted by others each time we arrive.  

Today my mom and I paid tribute to those who severed our country by attending a Memorial Day Service at the BNC.  The keynote speaker was an Army Veteran who concluded his speech by paraphrasing the ending to the poem "Out, Out-" by Robert Frost...

And then - the watcher at his pulse took a fright.

No one believed. They listened to his heart.

Little - less - nothing! - and that ended it.

No more to build on there. And they, since they

Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.

So as difficult as each day may be, today was a reminder that we must go about our "affairs" as joyously as possible in order to make it worth wild for those who have sacrificed and given us freedom.  It is so difficult to continue on when a loss has occurred, but we hold the ones we love in our hearts and continue on until we meet them again.  Gyspea will make sure we have awesome stories to share once we are all reunited together again in Paradise.    

Bakersfield National Cemetery