What a great group of ladies at the Gold Coast Quilters Guild in Morro Bay. If you are ever there on the second Wednesday of the month, visit them at St. Timothy's Catholic Church at 1pm. They are friendly and welcoming. There were about 70 in attendance and they seemed to love seeing the quilts and hearing my stories about them. I did hang "A Rash of Flamingoes" and Ruth's "Carpet of Gold Thread". The guild supplied four hanging stands, so, with the one I brought, we had five quilts hanging. One of them was Freddy Moran's eye-popping "Orange Peel Surprise" from 1997. The fabric on the back is filled with birthday things - hats, streamers, cakes, etc., it is a long time favorite.
The trip up to Morro Bay on Tuesday was four and a half hours and the trip back yesterday took six hours, but we stopped for gas and also to have a bite to eat at the Starbuck's in Montecito. The last couple driving hours were after the sun went down, but there wasn't any construction on the I-5 and the traffic was moderate. We only ate out once because Liz had made sandwiches for us to eat on the road going up. Before the meeting we had a delicious breakfast at Kitty's in Morro Bay. Eggs, link sausage, fried fresh potato slices, toast, coffee, and one of their yummy homemade apple muffins. The location isn't on the water, but we didn't miss having a view while we scarfed down our perfect breakfast. We also drove out to the "Rock" and watched the surfers, the birds, and the sea otter "nursery" where there were at least a dozen nursing moms with their babies. Fortunately we had binoculars and could get a better view of them about 40 feet away.
Altogether a great, but fast trip. I slept ten hours last night with only one potty break. This morning I drove down to San Clemente to pick up KoKo at Nancy Ota's house. After we came home we both had a little nap. Traveling is hard on all of us!
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