Leslie - I don't really know the neighborhoods in Cambria, but their house (it's a second home, so we had it to ourselves!) is downbeach and up the hill from Shamel Park, so I was able to walk down the hill (it was literally too steep to run down it!), jog over to the park, then catch the boardwalk near Moonstone Beach and run along the beach for a couple of miles. Auntie and Uncle said we could stay there "anytime", and while I don't want to abuse them, I might try and make it a yearly event, hopefully coinciding with our annual heatwave.

Arla - Your aunt and uncle live on Park Hill (Shamel Park . . . Park Hill . . . go figure). Directly across the highway and to the left is the Happy Hill section. To the right of that section is Pine Knolls. If you get on the highway from Park Hill going south, about 2-3 miles down (?) there is stoplight. To the left and right is Lodge Hill. If you turn right, you are headed in the direction I lived, on Berwick Drive. If you cross the highway from Park Hill and make a right-hand turn, you are in the "new" part of Cambria. A few blocks after you turn, there should be a pizza joint and a few other stores in one building on the left (after The Soldier Factory). If you take the windy road behind that building (Hillcrest Drive), you'll come upon Nit Wit Ridge and funky house on the left built by Art Beale (http://www.centralcoasttourist.com/San_Luis_Obispo_CO/SLO_Area_Info/Cambria/Cambria_Features/NittWit/nitwit.html). He was around when I was a kid, and quite eccentric, indeed. My grandparents' house was at the top of Hillcrest, on the right, just as you crest the hill and it starts to flatten out. The boardwalk is new since I was there many moons ago. Cambria used to be a very sleepy little town. My high school had 260 kids in it. For years there was a moritorium on water meters, which meant you could purchase property, but unless it already had a water meter on it or you were sold one you could grandfather in, you couldn't build. Maybe ten years ago ( ) it was lifted, which caused a building boom. Also, a number of years ago Sunset Magazine did an article on that whole area, which "put it on the map," so to speak. Now they're having water difficulties again, and the last I heard, they were considering giving out only a certain number of meters again and then placing a permanent cap on it, which would mean no more building unless you again did the grandfathering thing. Years ago there was talk of building a desalinization plant, but I don't know how far that's gone. I loved growing up there. With Big Sur to the north and Santa Maria a couple of hours to the south, it is situated quite nicely. If you've never taken a tour of Hearst Castle, I highly recommend it, but during the "off season" when there aren't so many tourists. And if you take Highway 46 to Paso Robles, they've put in a number of wineries through there. At a couple of the pullouts, on a clear day you can see Morro Rock in Morro Bay from Hwy. 46. Okay - Enough trivial information. I really do have to get some work done today.

Good Afternoon! Started Boot Camp this am....0600: ran a mile out + 50 jumping jacks to warm up...then 8 X 30 mtr hill repeats followed by 40 pushups, repeat both 5 X's timed! I made it in 24 mins...followed by 1.5 mile run....then I went & got Mairead for 6.26 more....can I take a nap now? I get to do this again (hopefully something different - 250 sit-ups ) on Thursday am............

Can I just say - - Holy crappola! Good going, Cindy!!!!

I know, I know, I know . . . Don't you have anything better to do? Yes, but I don't want to do it. This is very cool indeed, and has absolutely nothing to do with running: http://www.greatdanepro.com/Blue%20Bueaty/index.htm

4.1 slooow miles in semi muddy conditions. Nice to just run and not be too concerned about pace. Hope to just get some easy miles in this week and get weekly totals back up following my 10 day "racing season". Supposedly another 5/10k planned at our county fair end of the month, doesn't really light my fire at this point. Nice .70 in rain last nite. We cut a couple of loads of wheat late afternoon, a little on the wet side (not quite ready).

Good Morning Everyone! A little stiff & achey this am, but not really all that bad ...so, shook out the kinks & went out for a little over 5 in a little under an hour...@ 5:30am ....beautiful 56*F/68% H sunrise! R2: http://www.gtishalf.org/

Good thing it's a "rest day" then Leslie! be careful out there you guys!!!