 Steve Grande
and Chris Guenzler on the Metrolink to LAUS where we boarded the
Surfliner for Grover Beach.
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 Tom |
 Chatsworth
Hills where Roy, Gene, and Hoppy used to make films.
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 The weather
forecast was 30% chance of rain, but we didn't get a drop!
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The first sight
of the Pacific is past Ventura. Beyond the estuary is the Santa
Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands on the horizon.
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 The lady
sitting in front of me enjoyed the Pacific Coast view also.
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 Steve does TrainWeb.com work even when he's on a train! |
 Old Hwy. 101
parallels the tracks and is used for camper sites with ocean views
nowadays.
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 Ocean-front property |
 Camper jam. |
 Southbound Surfliner cabcar meets our train. |
 Oil pumping island disguised as palm tree island. |
 Another oil rig with pipes to the mainland. |
 Short stop in Santa Barbara |
 Pelicans keeping pace with our train |
 Pacific is right below us for miles. |
 Sand dunes nearing Surf Station for Lompoc, CA |
 This gentleman,
two rows in front of me, spent the whole ocean-view section of the trip
in exactly this position...just like me.
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 Our Surfliner in Grover Beach. |
 The Grover Beach 'Station,' a 3-sided shelter. |
 The 'cabbage'
(cab car with baggage holding area) heads north from Grover Beach
(red lights by number indicates that it is at the end of the train).
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 Ordering lunch
at the Station Grill, across the tracks from the station in Grover
Beach.
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 We had nearly 2
hrs. for lunch and exploration in Grover Beach. Steve and i
walked to the beach. View north toward Pismo Beach.
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 View south
where vehicles are allowed to drive on the hard-packed sand during low
tide.
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 We might dine
at Fin's Seafood on the beach next trip to Grover Beach.
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 We returned to
the station to await the southbound Surfliner, the same train returning
to LA from San Luis Obispo.
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 The trip had
been sort of a time warp when we looked at the clock in the
station. Larry thought he looked pretty good for the 81 years
that had passed since we arrived. I guess you can't argue that
the train was late!
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 The Cabbage car
lead the Surfliner back to LA, with headlights on this trip.
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