This is our third week in Port Hueneme, CA. The weather has been anything but the sunny California weather I was expecting. It's normally chilly and windy most days. We have been able to get out every weekend to see some sights. Audrey is finally crawling around the apartment so it's time to conduct some kid proofing.


Kenny Loggins concert aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier


USS Midway Aircraft Carrier


Standing in front of the Command Center


Strawberry Shortcake at the Strawberry Festival in Port Hueneme



In front of the Penguin Center


Manta Rays abound


I was given a Shamu when I was a kid. Now Audrey has one. She threw her first one away on the ground but fortunately we were given a replacement.


Lunch break in the park


Feeding the man eating sea lions


Mom keeps pestering me


Shamu 1, 2 and 3


Shamu #4


Nuff said.


If I am reincarnated, I will come back as a sea otter.


Giddy up!


Polar bears need some screen time


Giraffe. Yawn.


Audrey loves playing in the sand


Field exercise training at Ft Hunter Liggett. Here we are setting up camp.


So many balls... So little time.


Snaggletooth


La Jolla valley hike, close to Pt Mugu

OK! That's it for now.

So we have arrived in Port Hueneme. Just for a quick recap, Shawna has been living in Boise while I have been temporarily assigned to the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, MD. Shawna and her parents flew to Pennsylvania to visit relatives in mid April and shortly after Shawna met up with me in DC. We flew back to Boise on April 30 and packed for our road trip to Port Hueneme. I will be spending the summer attending the Naval Civil Engineer Corps school while Shawna and Audrey turn into California Beach Bunnies. Unfortunately no pictures are available from Pennsylvania or DC due to our camera being stolen from our car. Word of obvious caution: lock your car, even if you are sleeping in a tent two feet from it. Our first day was spent at the Honeyman Beach campground on the Oregon coast which is where we were so inconveniently hijacked. The next couple days were spent at the Redwood National Forest which have been witnessed by the following pictures...


Audrey gives a "beary" good foot massage


Widdling canoes from a sturdy Redwood


Attack of the Lupines


Smile!


Inside a Redwood Tree


If hobbits didn't live in hills, this would certainly be their second choice


Trees large enough to drive through..


A Big Tree.


Interesting features abound


Gold Bluff campground, Prairie Creek Redwoods


One of the many coastal state parks in Oregon


Definitely windy

After the Redwoods we visited one of my childhood neighbors in San Francisco. We were also able to check out the Golden Gate bridge and Fort Point just below it. From there we stayed in Monterey, CA and drove the coastal cliff line with the intention of visiting the Hearst castle. The greater powers that be decided against this and blocked our passage with a rather large landslide at mile #67. We were forced to drive a very windy road through the Limekiln State park and across the Ft. Hunter Liggett Army range to get back to an acceptable route to Port Hueneme. We will be staying here until Aug 26th so stay tuned for more frequent updates this summer!