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| Main shopping street in San Luis Obispo, California. Little like Knysna |
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| The stream running through the centre of town |
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| Waterfront in Murro Bay near SLO. Quaint shops and some nice restaurants and a nursery full of Aloes and 'vetplante' from the Western Cape. Awesome. Bought some for Paul. |
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| Yachts moored at the Waterfront and the bluff in the background. |
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| So much like the Garden Route. Pretty uncanny. Beautiful farmlands |
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| Bluegum trees just like in the Western Cape. Beautiful dark soil for vegetables and Strawberries |
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| More scenery similar to the Boland |
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| Looking accross toward Murro Bay. Lagoon in the forground |
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| South of Murro Bay in the Reserve. Like driving to Cape Point. The waves roll in accross the Pacific. |
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| Closer view of the Bluff. Shingle/pebble beach |
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| Standing on a reef extending out into the Pacific. Small rollers coming in |
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| More scenery like the Garden Route. |
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| One of two small studio's built from scrap Corrugated Iron and timber by Paul and Lorna |
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| The second Studio building. So ingenious and pleasing to the eye. |
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| One of the many Aloe plants going into the Courtyard garden at Paul's Physical Therapy practice |
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| Lorna sealing the ceiling boards for the two Studios and on the cellphone helping daughter Petra with an English project on Metaphors at the same time |
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| The unfinished Courtyard Garden by Lorna and Paul |
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| A wall constructed from discarded fence timber and scrap steel. Very rustic and pleasing to the eye |
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| Interior shot of the ceiling of Paul's practice. All the pipes and ducts are exposed and the celing is plywood with a high gloss finish |
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| This is the lounge area of one of the 4 apartments behind Paul's practice. I styaed in this one. Very Scandinavian feel. |
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| The Kitchen of my apartment with a resurrected old gas range and cupboards |
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| Pretty large and very comfortable bed and some original paintings |
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| 1950's bathroom finish |
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| The view from my apartment dining area out to Monterrey Avenue, SLO |
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| Mexican style reinforced concrete 'Webr' Braai with a turning vent on top. Great steak came out of this |
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| Reminder of the gabion structures along the road from Camps Bay to Hout Bay. Paul and Lorna made them to shore up the embankment |
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| Paul and I with our 'tipples'. |
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| Lorna's magic kitchen in their 'home made' home. Paul's brother Simon made the concrete counter top. |
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| Paul constructed this bed with some very heavy lengths of timber from the roof structure |
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| Hollow core surfboard of 1960's style. Just superb craftsmanship by an old board builder in SLO |
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| My apartment in Paul's complex from the road side. More recycled boards on the wooden fence |
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| Exterior of the fence alongside the Garden Courtyard |
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| Elephant seals near the ott Hearst Castle. They are HUGE! |
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| Pacific Coastline on USA 1 |
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| USA 1 |
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| USA 1 |
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| USA 1 on the way down to the coastal plain |
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| Another shot of the Elephant seals on the beach The drive from San Luis Obispo to Berkeley was spectacular even through Santa Cruz and the mountain raod to San Francisco. Only took six and a half hours. Easy drive other than two motorists who should hand in their drivers licences as I reckon they are too sh*t scared to drive. Every curve, every minute change of direction and the brakes were jammed on full force. Made for some colourful thoughts about what I may have done to him if I had a FORD F-350 Supercharged 6.3 Litre Turbo Diesel V8 with a full bumber kit in front! Reached Berkeley at 3.30 pm and we left for Sonoma Raceway to go and Drag! The journey continues |
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