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Grover Beach Trip on the Surfliner

Train Travel Meetup Trip -- Fullerton to Grover Beach, CA, Roundtrip

January 21, 2008

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View from the Surfliner at first sight of the Great Pacific north of Ventura, California

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Photos by Carl Morrison, Carl@TrainWeb.com

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Steve Grande and Chris Guenzler on the Metrolink to LAUS where we boarded the Surfliner for Grover Beach.
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Tom
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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!

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Old Hwy. 101 parallels the tracks and is used for camper sites with ocean views nowadays.

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Ocean-front property
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Camper jam.
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Southbound Surfliner cabcar meets our train.
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Oil pumping island disguised as palm tree island.



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Another oil rig with pipes to the mainland.
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Short stop in Santa Barbara
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Pelicans keeping pace with our train
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Pacific is right below us for miles.





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Sand dunes nearing Surf Station for Lompoc, CA
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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.
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The Grover Beach 'Station,' a 3-sided shelter.

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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.

Join our Train Travel Meetup Group and enjoy our next outing and/or monthly dinners.

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Above Photo Credit:  Chris Guenzler

See Chris' Report at:  http://www.trainweb.org/chris/groverbeach.html

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