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September 25, 2012 at 7:40 am
Cat Forsley
Love Your Journeys xx
September 25, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks Catherine!
September 25, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Cat Forsley
XXO
September 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Kourtney Heintz
XOXO
September 25, 2012 at 9:04 am
Louise Behiel
Beautiful. Kourtney, I’m kind of PO’d with you darling. these pics make me want to go to sunny Calif and I don’t have much for vacation left. darn
September 25, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks Louise. LOL. Sorry to give you travel envy. But there is always next year and you can do a big long trip and see even more than I did.
September 25, 2012 at 9:37 am
berry
Great pics. Couldn’t see sea lions that well.
September 25, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Sorry about that. I have some close ups too, but I wanted to get the whole effect of them in the water and on the beach.
September 25, 2012 at 10:17 am
Julia
I want to be one of those sea lions. Beautiful pictures.
September 25, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Kourtney Heintz
They seem to be having a blast. Seriously gorgeous creatures.
September 25, 2012 at 11:33 am
Naomi Baltuck
Beautiful, Kourtney. I was hoping we would see some sea lions, but not on this trip. That is a great shot!
September 25, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks Naomi! I forget the name of that beach but it was filled with sea lions. Really cool.
They were having a blast frolicking in the water.
September 25, 2012 at 11:38 am
philosophermouseofthehedge
Oh, it’s definitely road trip season. Lovely sounds in your pixs
September 25, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Kourtney Heintz
I love road trips. So much more fun to get in a car and explore. Glad you liked the pics.
September 25, 2012 at 12:51 pm
zelmare
I also love the sea lions – the way they stretch themselves out in the sun.
September 25, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Kourtney Heintz
They are so awkward on land, but they don’t care. In the water, they are so quick and spirited. We could learn a lot from sea lions.
September 25, 2012 at 1:34 pm
susartandfood
How beautiful. The beach is truly my favorite place. Makes me homesick.
September 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Kourtney Heintz
I love the beach too! Growing up in CT, I loved our shoreline, but nothing compares to California’s coast.
September 25, 2012 at 2:18 pm
4amWriter
Wonderful! I think the sea lions would be my favorite part.
September 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Kourtney Heintz
I have to agree, they are pretty adorable.
September 25, 2012 at 2:34 pm
August McLaughlin
Beautiful! Posts like these are wonderful ways to rejuvenate between work bits. Thanks so much for sharing, Kourtney. I feel like this one has a soundtrack… Does it?
September 25, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It was a really lovely trip. So nice to get away from your life for a week or two and explore.
Maybe Rufus Wainwright’s California?
September 25, 2012 at 3:02 pm
La La
I am longing for a road trip. Looks like fun!
September 25, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It really was a great experience. Nothing like meeting up with an old friend and roadtripping together.
September 25, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Elliot
I have a picture of that same sea lion beach from pretty much exactly the same place, except mine has my wife in the left third of it. Seriously it looks like the same picture with her removed! Nice journey though, and doesn’t it start to get crappy as you get close to LA?
I do love when we get to head north up the coast.
September 25, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Kourtney Heintz
How cool! You should post it on your blog sometime.
It got a bit boring as we closed in on LA. But it was cool to recognize Malibu and realize we were almost out of the car. 
September 25, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Carol Wuenschell
I think I’ve been to Montana de Oro. I know I’ve been to Nojoqui. (Love the name.)
Great pix!
September 25, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Montana de Oro is my friends favorite park. It was lovely. Nojoqui was too much of a hike for me with a respiratory infection. I ended up laying down on a bench and letting my friend finish the hike to the falls.
September 25, 2012 at 5:10 pm
EllaDee
You bought back wonderful memories. I have only done the trip from LA to San Fran by train but saw places just like this, and sea lions. It would be fantastic to roadtrip it. I can dream
September 25, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Dreaming is the first step to making it a reality.
Glad I could bring back great memories for you! The train runs right by the coast most of the trip so it’s just as amazing. Plus you can get up and move around. We were in a car for 11 hours. It was exhausting but worth it.
September 25, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Androgoth
I was going to comment on part one of this series but the comments seem to be turned off on that posting, as are all previous ones before that, however I have enjoyed viewing your road trip parts one and two and the photographs that you have presented are all wonderful my friend. I hope that your respiratory problem eased throughout your trip and that nothing was spoiled as a result of same
Androgoth
September 25, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Hmm. That’s weird. I didn’t turn off commenting. Maybe wordpress did it. I’ll check into it. Glad you enjoyed the pictures. It got worse as the trip went on, but I soldiered on and made it through everything. Then I came home and went to the doctor.
Still managed to enjoy the trip, but wished I’d felt better.
September 25, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Androgoth
Yes it is a shame when one is feeling poorly, especially on such a wondrously nice break but I think that you did very well to overcome this infection and still manage to enjoy your holiday
I think on some of these settings that the comments automatically turn off after a certain length of time but it can be changed to suit your own preferences so that is a good thing I think? Have a nice evening Kourtney 
Androgoth
September 27, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Mind over matter. I once spent 12 hours with a broken arm refusing to admit it was broken.
I just said, you have to make the most of a vacation. It’s weird, I went and checked my settings and I didn’t turn off comments on those posts or check the box to turn them off after x # of days. I think wordpress has a glitch. It also says I have 1500 followers when it’s really 900. Maybe I’ll shoot them an email. Have a good night!
September 27, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Androgoth
I have been thinking about that and there is a way of opening comments manually but it would have to be done on each posting and that takes too much time up, so if you are wanting comments on certain postings that have been turned off, then just click on ‘Edit’ posting and if you scroll down you will find a box to uncheck, then just update the page and the comments will be allowed again but as I said previously it will only be for that one posting, the same would need to be applied on all but I think it is not practical unless it is a posting that you would like comments adding to
Have a nice afternoon and evening Kourtney 
Androgoth
September 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Here’s the weird part, the comments box is checked in the posting to allow comments. And I did not check the setting to close comments on blogs in the settings/discussion tab. Even weirder if you go into the post via the archives you can make comments, it’s just if you scroll back to it that the post won’t allow comments. WordPress ghost at work.
Have a nice night!
September 27, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Androgoth
Yes those Gremlins are definitely out in force by the sound of that one, but never mind it could easily just revert back to its normal setting
I hope so anyway 
Thank you for adding your thoughts to my scripts I appreciate that my friend 
Androgoth
September 28, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It’s rather weird. No one seems to know what is going on on the forums. Oh well. At least you can search by keyword or view the archives and comment. Just don’t trying scrolling backward.
Very interesting stuff you’ve been writing! Happy to comment. 
September 28, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Androgoth
I will use your archives for backtracking your postings, I like to read through the older one’s as a lot of the time these never get noticed by new friends, and that is a shame I think…
Thank you for your kind thoughts on my Space and do call again soon my friend
Have a happy weekend 
Androgoth
September 29, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks.
It’s funny how I kept writing despite the lack of comments in the earlier posts. It’s so much more fun when people comment. 
I’ll have to check out some of your older ones as well. I’ll be popping over from time to time.
Have a great weekend!
Kourtney
September 30, 2012 at 11:29 am
Androgoth
There are no real old one’s left as 95% of those postings have been deleted from my Space but you are welcome to view what is left. I agree with you, comments are always very nice to receive. I hope that your weekend has been a good one my friend
Androgoth
September 30, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Kourtney Heintz
As a new follower, I haven’t hit the end of your earlier posts yet. I will check out some of the ones you left up over the coming weeks. It was a quiet but productive weekend. Hope your was nice too!
Kourtney
October 1, 2012 at 3:59 am
Androgoth
Yes it was a nice weekend thank you, I have lots of postings of yours to see yet and over time I will try and keep up and also read your past efforts
Have a lovely day today Kourtney 
Androgoth
October 1, 2012 at 10:50 am
Kourtney Heintz
I’ve amassed quite a back log of posts.
Thanks for checking them out when you have time! Have a great week!
September 25, 2012 at 8:42 pm
jmmcdowell
Thanks for sharing the trip with us.
I always enjoy seeing beautiful scenery!
September 27, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Glad you liked it! It was on my travel to do list for a decade. LOL. Sometimes it takes me a while to get er done.
September 30, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Sue Dreamwalker
Hello Kourtney, thank you for taking me upon your travels, beautiful photos..
And may I also take this opportunity in saying thank you for also following Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary.
Sue
September 30, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Sue,
I’m so glad you enjoyed the pictures!
I’ve enjoyed your posts too.
Kourtney
October 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Pete Denton
Great photos. Thanks for sharing
October 13, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks. It was a really beautiful roadtrip!