We took in a fun little festival in the town of Filmore. Their claim to fame is vintage trains of all sizes. They run a steam and a diesel fun ride and they have a for-real train turntable. They can drive a full size locomotive onto it and spin it around. Heavy duty. In their model train club, the display track is actually an assemblage of members 3’ by 5’ sections into a big oval. Pretty cool. They really like to talk about their trains! The Historical Train Society had a booth that sold absolutely yummy smoked beef sandwiches. Festivals can have the best food. We sure enjoyed it. Strawberries are ready here too. They didn’t all even make it into the trunk without being sampled.

Did you know that squid have a clear plastic-looking backbone skeleton thingy?
We took in the tide pool talk at the Channel Islands park nature center. Squid was on the menu for the residents in their tide pool. That’s how I know about the skeleton…since it is always long gone by the time the calamari hits the table.
More fish tacos and some great clam chowder. I could get used to this fresh seafood.