Savoring our Trinidad Trip

One of the things I love 

over on the coast is all the flowers.

Wildflowers and otherwise.

They're abundant, and beautiful.

Ox-eye daisy's and dandelions.

The blackberries were in bloom.

Next month they will be ripe.

The north coast blackberries are much larger

and juicier than they are here.  

It's all that moisture from the fog and 

extra rains in the winter time

that makes them so delicious.

I don't remember what this one is.

Let me look it up in my wildflower book.

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Here it is,  Hooker's Evening Primrose.

Queen Ann's Lace.

Lunch at the Lighthouse Grill.

Pulled Pork with cabbage slaw 

on homemade buns.

Delicious.

I'm always up for clam chowder,

especially when it's cool weather.

It was cold there.

Yes, that's also home made bread.

The lighthouse grill is housed in

a tiny building in the middle of the 

parking lot of a grocery store in Trinidad.

The building has been used for many

different businesses like a hamburger stand,

an ice cream place and I don't remember 

what else.  

But now that it's the Lighthouse grill

it's just about the best over there.

This fish dinner is also at the Lighthouse Grill.

It's 10 times better than the restaurant on the pier

and the meal is less than half the cost of the same

type of fish dinner there.

The Lighthouse Grill uses fresh produce

from the farmers market.

This was tilapia with a sweet/hot pepper jelly.

It was spicy to the point of burning lips,

but it was delicious. 

They served it with fresh vegetables,

and real mashed potatoes.

Speaking of mashed potatoes,

here's their famous mashed potato cone.

It's a savory cornmeal waffle cone,

with potatoes, gravy, brisket, and cheese.

This is considered a cone with the works.

You can also get vegetarian gravy with out

the brisket, and with or without cheese

 if you don't care for meat. 

The Fisherman's memorial lighthouse

is always busy with people wandering around

taking photos.

I had to wait quite awhile to take a 

photo without a man in the way.

He just would not move for the longest time.

You can see his shadow behind the lighthouse

on the left.

It's beautiful there.

The rest of these photos 

are from Luffenholtz county park

that is along the road just south of

Trinidad itself.

It's just plain beautiful there.

I hope to go back in a couple of months.