Horses are terrible people

For fathers day weekend we went camping at El Capitan State Beach.  On Friday, the boys and I boogie-boarded, body-surfed and made sand castles until late afternoon when we went down to the train in Goleta to pick up my friend Rick.  Rick's train arrived about 20 minutes late and upon his arrival we went to grab some subs and headed back to the camp site.  It was a very mild night, no need for a campfire, nor sleeping bags.  All and all, Friday was a great day for camping. 

Saturday was a foggy until late in the afternoon, but that didn't stop us for another beach trip and a fun time in the surf.  When we headed up in the mid-afternoon, Michelle, Eden and Mike had made it up for Saturday night.  Jan made it up a bit later due to a Saturday work schedule.

One of the cool things about El Capitan is it has hot showers and for $0.25 every two minutes you can try and take a relaxing shower, if you're mindful not to step on the sunken drain that's about 1ft in diameter and about 4" deep.

I took the photo above on Saturday night using a tripod and no flash.  I really enjoy no-flash photography at night and everyone was willing to be my photographic subject.  For some reason this photo of Mike reminds me of the action figure version of him made by Gentle Giant.  Here are a few other photos from Saturday Night.

It was a bit colder last night but we braved sleeping in the tent without the fly.  It was awesome going to sleep looking up at the stars and since the moon was no where to be found, it was a particularly dark sky night.  Eden did awesome in the tent and the boys seemed to enjoy their time on skateboards, bikes, and at the beach. 

Today was overcast until we left around noon, but we all managed to have a good time packing up, eating and hanging around the camp site.  The drive back was great with very little traffic.  It was a great fathers day weekend and I'm appreciative of my wife and friends making it such.