Getting soft?

It did not seem long ago that my idea of a good weekend was watching motor racing and drinking beer. Seeing as last weekend I went to the coast to look at rocks again and today we went looking for California wild flowers, does this mean I am going soft? In my defense, I have learnt that geological field trips are a great excuse to go to the beach in the name of work. Our organizers even managed to get us onto Vandenberg Air Force base, all in the name of science.
It was great to have my parents here last week and are looking forward to their return trip from New Zealand.

Offshore drilling
Again for Chuck, some fine siliclastic quartz phaze porcelinites

Vandenberg beaches

we have one without the placed flanel to show his future girlfriend

California wildflowers