Saturday 2/24/18 - We started the day (early!) saying goodbye to Joan & Burton as they left Malibu Beach or as Burton referred to Malibu as the "Bu". UBER worked well picking them up at our beach campground. Joan however was a little concerned about fitting their luggage which hit a crescendo when the driver showed up in a Toyota Prius. Plenty of room in those little cars.

We continued our trek north to Pismo Beach & stopped at the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. The western population of the Monarch Butterfly winters in the Pismo Beach area. Pismo has a grove of 100' tall Eucalyptus Trees which attract the Monarch's. The butterflies arrive in October and winter until the beginning of March. There were easily 10,000 Monarch's in the grove of huge trees. An interesting tidbit: the western Monarch's live 6 months storing fat whereas the Eastern Monarch migrates from Mexico and only lives 6 weeks.

 Also in the Pismo Beach area is Oso Flaco State wetlands park and dunes. The wetland park encompasses a large fresh water wetland lake feed by a river. This flows through the dunes which are 18 miles long and the second largest in California. Both areas are pretty amazing.

The wetlands would be a great hunters location with many types of birds - Mallards,Teals, Ruddy & White Pelicans (which I have never seen before).

 And in Wendy style maximizing the day after finding the cheapest diesel in town we stop at a suspension bridge built in 1900.