Stayed last night in Grover Beach, which is near Pismo Beach. One thing I’d read about ahead of time is that apparently there’s a spot in Pismo Beach that the Monarch Butterflies come to winter at, and we were here at the right time. So in the morning, we went by the grove where they’re supposed to be. We were there a little earlier than when the docents show up, and wandered around and saw about 4 butterflies. Weren’t sure if the rain the night before had caused issues or something, but were about ready to give up when one of the docents came in a little early (I’d seen her sitting in her car across the street, I’m thinking maybe she got out a little early because she saw us and a couple other people already wandering around). Apparently our problem was that we weren’t looking quite high enough in the trees, and that what we were looking for was supposed to look more like dead leaves.
Sure enough, looking higher in the trees, you could see tons of butterflies all gathered there. Started seeing a few more flying around also as the day was starting to warm up a little bit. Also saw a few hummingbirds flying around.
We’d done most of the rest of the drive along here, and it’s just not quite as scenic as the stuff further north. If I ever drive through Oxnard again, it’ll be too soon. That evening, we wandered around to the Shoreline Village area for dinner, and then headed over to the Downtown Disney area for a couple hours. Cathy was able to buy an Eeyore pin, but was very disappointed to discover that the big huge Disney store there really only had about one clothing item that had Eeyore on it.