Baja views 12/29/10

I couldn't resist posting these photos of the cattle on the beach from yesterday. I don't know why they tickle me so much... but you just don't see cattle walking down the street in Puyallup! We went to Caleb's for brunch yesterday. While waiting for our food, we heard a calf bawling and this was in town. Pretty soon two calves came wandering out a side street. They were slowly followed by 'mamma', but not fast enough for one of the calves, who was bawling and trotting ahead down the street. I'm pretty sure those three were part of the crew we saw on the beach later in the day. All of the hotels, resorts and rv parks have cattle grates in front of their entrances to keep these wanderers out of the grounds. In one photo, you can see the fence that encloses our park, and the 'people' gate for folks to get through. You can see where our kayaks are kept on the inside of the fence, which is pretty close to the water. Very handy! The cattle came down the beach, passed our park and took a left at the fence and trundled up into the free beach area. They settled down in the scrub further back from the water. When driving around town or out in the countryside, you always have to be alert to whatever is on the side of the road; it could cattle, horses or mules, goats or an ATV come roaring out of a side road or arrroyo. I did a painting of the cattle last year and I know there'll be one from this year.... the sun is out... our produce guy is coming today - that's a big event too! happy trails....