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2/13/2019

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...Continued from yesterday:
    
The following day, Friday, we drove to Pismo Beach.  However we stopped first for breakfast at another little place we found in Atascadero called AJ's Kitchen Fast & Fresh.
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     The place was really small inside and had only five tables,
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​...however a table was clearing just as we arrived,  and so we were lucky enough to snag one.
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     We soon saw why the place was full: the food was, as promised in its name, freshly made, - as well as hot and tasty -  and the service was fast.
      
    Romaine had a veggie and rice  burrito,
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​....while I had sunny side up eggs with the best home fries and a side of thick, buttery garlic toast.
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     Well-fueled by our yummy breakfast, Romaine, Lucy,
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...and I drove 27 miles south,
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​...to our first destination, The Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove.
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     The Butterfly Grove is a copse of eucalyptus trees where Monarchs from all over the country migrate to winter over between October and February.
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​     Though Romaine recalled on a previous visit to the Butterfly Grove seeing thousands of monarchs clinging to the trees like foliage, as in this picture,
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...on the day we were there we saw only a few stray butterflies flying among the trees.
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   We wondered if it was too late in the season to see the butterflies, if they'd already left their winter habitat, or if, a worse thought, their numbers have been decimated by climate change.  In any case, the Butterfly Grove was a nice place for a walk among the eucalyptus trees,
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​...and there were groups of children on class trips, which was sweet (I felt that I would like the park ranger's job of telling children about the butterflies)
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    From the Butterfly Grove we drove to the beach,
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...where we strolled along the shore line.
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     Next we decided to drive up to San Luis Obispo, which was on our way back to Atascadero,
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...to have a look around the town,
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...and grab some lunch, which we did, at a place called The Habit Burger Grill.
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    The food was good. Romaine had a veggie burger with green bean fries - quite good - and I had a tuna in teriyaki sauce with sweet potato fries.
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     After lunch we headed back to Atascadero,
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​...to our cute house.
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     That evening Romaine made us some hummus,
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​...which was awesome.
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     To be continued...
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