Turtle Tales: Day 10- Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Oxnard, California

Today started out cold and rainy - 55 degrees when we got up this morning. The plan was to relocate to the Point Mugu Naval Air Station RV Park, which we did about 10 AM when the rain subsided. The RV park is right on the Pacific Ocean and it is quite windy here and still cool - 57 degrees as I write this. I thought California was warmer than this.....brrrrrrrrr.

After setting up and eating lunch, we drove around the immediate area to get some pictures and of course "Speedy" and the girls went with us. We saw many varieties of water fowl as well as seals in the immediate area surrounding the RV park. Not far from the park, on the beach, there was a wedding getting ready to start and we managed to get a couple of pictures - a it was a nice setting for a wedding. By then the sun had come out and I was glad for the bride and groom that is wasn't gloomy as it had been earlier in the day.

We then drove to Hueneme ( pronounced: why-knee-me) Naval Base to seek out our first lighthouse - the Point Hueneme Lighthouse. As it turns out, it is not actually on the Naval Base as all the books say, but just off the base. While we were on the base, we were taking pictures and Jim went to get "Speedy" out of the truck to take his picture, and he was missing! AWOL on the Navy base - or so we thought! So we abandoned our lighthouse quest and back-tracked our travels and found him still sitting on the beach near the RV Park - waiting patiently for our return! We just knew we would never find him! So now we really do have to put a leash on him so he doesn't go missing again!

Soooooooo as a result of "Speedy's" great adventure, we will attempt to once again track down the Point Hueneme Lighthouse and a few others tomorrow. The hunt may be somewhat of a challenge as we are finding out that several of the lighthouses we wish to see are now on private property, and a couple involve 3-5 mile hikes! We will see!

On our way to the Hueneme Naval Base, we passed through an agricultural area where they grow Dole fruits and veggies. There were also many sod farms and more strawberry patches than you can imagine! The migrant workers were busy picking the strawberries, and there were oodles of trucks at the ready to deliver them for processing! We were going to stop and get some fresh strawberries at a roadside stand on our return back to the RV park, but we got sidelined with a more important mission and didn't get to stop! Hopefully the stand will be open tomorrow as we both love strawberries! For you guacamole lovers, avacados are sold here 15 for $5 - fresh picked! That's approximately 33cents each!

May all of you have a spiritually uplifting and joyful Palm Sunday!

Views from outside the "Turtle! We are less than 100 yards from the Pacific Ocean!