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The cat perched on the man's shoulder seemed about to leap off at any moment ! A stroll on the boardwalk at Pacific Beach in San Diego is great for people watching. You will see the weird, the wacky and the wonderful :)

Grumpy looking guys, eh? Maybe they wish they were facing the beautiful Pacific Ocean rather than the tacky tourist shops on the boardwalk :)

No I'm not visiting Easter Island.... spotted these on the Pacific Beach Boardwalk in San Diego. Most people just walked by without noticing the clever sand sculptures!

We had some time after breakfast to wander the beautiful gardens and pastures of the Hacienda Pinsaqui. When it was a working ranch, it included 10,000 acres but is now just an inn with a few scenic and well-maintained acres.

Getting a bit desperate for household objects to photograph; I took this sign down off of the wall in my daughter's bedroom, then carried it around the house looking for a place to display it - after knocking off a thick layer of dust !

We're taking a little road trip so I should have more interesting photo ops to look forward to...

What a welcome sight after a long day of travel from Cusco to Lima to Quito, then a long bus trip to Otavalo, Ecuador. We arrived at the Hotel Pinsaqui after dark and didn't have a chance to explore the grounds of this 300+ year old hacienda. But when we turned the large iron key in the old-fashioned lock on our door, we gasped with pleasure to see such a large and beautiful room. It had 3 beds and a small wood burning stove and large white-tiled bathroom. When we returned to our rooms after dinner in the main dining room, the firing was blazing and the beds were turned down with hot water bottles tucked in. No Tv and no WIFI, and we slept like babies that night !

Tomorrow I will post pictures from the grounds of this fantastic hacienda.

www.haciendapinsaqui.com/