Last taste of summer . . .

What a summer.  Just back from a week long road trip up the California coast--part research, part fun, well, ALL fun really.  I never cease to be amazed at what a diverse state California is.  I took a zillion pictures as part of my research, but also many random fun pictures too.  Here is one that was unexpectedly weird.  It's an underpass tunnel on a trail.  I'm at one end and my hubby took it from the other: 
Bizarre huh?  Looks like I am being sucked into some sort of time travel zone.  In a way, I was.  This tunnel led to this:

A hidden cove in Big Sur.  I didn't know beaches like this existed in California.  I wouldn't mind being shipwrecked here.

Anyway, it was a great week that provided a lot of writing inspiration and material, and now with Labor Day past,  I'm ready to hunker back down into my writing routines.  Hope you are refreshed and ready to dig back into your work too.