My vacation started when I left my work at 9:30 Wednesday morning, after making a special trip there to buy a fire extinguisher for my road trip, then I am off. Driving over the Grapevine, up the five, and turning on the automatic power button, for an extra boost. After a couple of minutes, there is blue smoke coming from my exhaust. My immediate thought was I blew a seal, or rings, so I turn off the automatic power and work my way towards the slow lane, and the blue smoke goes away; no lights on my dash warning me of anything, no engine overheating, and no loss of power, figuring it was from the automatic power that had never been used before, I keep going. At Coalinga, I stop for gas and a bathroom, and when out of my car I smell oil, but bathroom first. After the bathroom, there is smoke coming from under my hood, so I pop it open and see oil all over my engine. I asked the gas station attendant to look at my car, and he brought over someone who knows cars. This man could not find a leak, but clearly my car was leaking oil, there was a puddle underneath. He told me of the only mechanic in town, and I go to his "open 7 days a week" shop, which is closed. I call him on the emergency number and he tells me he is in Fresno, and he will be back in 2 hours. In the meantime, there is a man who asks if I am broke down, he saw me at the gas station and wanted to know if I was broke down. He did not say he could help, or was qualified to help, red flags for me, so I tell him the mechanic knows I am here and he is on his way. He leaves, and I go back to the gas station, and call the mechanic and ask him to call me when he is back. The mechanic looks at my car, and says I blew my rear engine seal. He told me he would not go to Washington in it, especially since I was alone, and I had already been bothered by one man. He said the more it is driven, the more oil it will need, and to be careful going back home, checking my oil as I go. I cancel all my plans for Washington, and call my mechanic in Pasadena, and tell him, to expect me there in the morning, then, I call a friend in Pasadena to stay there for the night. It turns out this friend needed a healing, so that worked out. My mechanic could not find a leak, and told me the engine seal was fine, my fluids were fine, and he wanted me to drive my car around for the day, and bring it back again in the morning. My friend and I drive around, I do another healing, and stay another night, and take my car to the mechanic in the morning. They check it out and still could not find a leak, but he said there was so much oil, it was hard to see, and he asked if they could steam clean the engine, and I said, yes. He knew I was waiting to leave on a road trip by myself, and he really wanted to make sure it was safe for me to drive. My engine was cleaned, and he ran my car for about 40 minutes, and still no leak. He said he ran the engine with my automatic power button on and there was no leak, no smoke; front or back, no loss of fluids, and no warning gauges on my dash. He said I was good to go, so I did.
My plan was for me to drive to Point Conception, but it is a private beach, and the closest anyone can get is 5 miles north at Jalama Beach, and walk down during low tide. Since it was not quite low tide yet, and they did not have any more camping space, I pay for the day pass and start walking north up the beach with me feet and legs in the water. There so many rocks, I was able to collect the rocks for my co-workers and friends. Then, I turned around and started walking south toward Point Conception, opening myself up to whatever energy I could get from the area. When it hit me, it took my breath away, and I felt this beautiful, powerful, loving energy around me. I kept walking south and I found a piece of abalone shell; smooth and with lots of meaningful images. I walked a little further, and realized I walked for an hour and a half, and I needed to get back. I drove to a hotel in Lompoc, swam in the pool, and stayed overnight. Then I headed for Big Sur.
I stopped at Pismo Beach, which stank, and collected a couple more rocks, and continued up, on a beautiful and peaceful drive. Driving through Carmel was slow due to traffic, my plan was not to be there on a Saturday, but nothing was going as planned. I enjoyed the weather, the drive, and the awesome views. It was beautiful. It reminded me of when I first went to Big Bear, and everything was new and rustic, only Big Sur has the ocean too. I stopped at the Maiden Publik House and had lunch, and talked with a couple of campers who were looking for a chauffeur to drive them around, since they only had their motor home. Not this girl, I did not want to drive around two drunk people I did not know, and since everything was packed, I collected a few rocks, and started on my way.
There were people parked all along the road, so it was difficult to even find a place to stop. Just before the town of Lucia, I noticed a crowd of people parked along the road, and a lady with binoculars caught my attention; she must see something. Finding a spot and pulling over, I see a pod of whales in the water. There must have been at least 8 whales, and they were diving and surfacing for a l o n g time. When there was no traffic on the road behind us, we could hear their singing, whale songs! It was beautiful. I watched and listened for a long time, until my guides told me to move on.
When I made it to San Simeon, I spotted at least one condor flying with two other big birds. I know one was a condor because of the white on its wings, but I could not tell if the other two were. Amazing! I was hoping to see one in Big Sur, but I saw it on the way south! Very cool!
I saw seals laying on the beach, sleeping, and enjoyed the views, and cool weather. I started thinking; I was not able to stay overnight, or hike, or just really enjoy the area, and get a feel of it, and I was disappointed. Then I started going over what I experienced; Jalama Beach, driving up to Big Sur and having lunch, the whales, the condor, the seals, and I realized the magic I experienced. There was no reason to be disappointed, but there was every reason to be grateful.
I started feeling more grounded than ever, more settled, and wiser. I guess the best way to say it is more complete. I feel like, I do not need to look anywhere else for answers, they will come, and it will work out just fine, and I am ready. I realized my healing is complete, and it was necessary for me to visit these two power places within a 24 hour period in order for me to balance my male and female energies; Point Conception being female and Big Sur being male. When I was filling my tank in Morrow Bay, I felt like I accomplished what I needed, and drove home. I made it back at 9:45 that night.
Amazing!
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