Valerie artfully has put together a charcuterie box for this afternoon's picnic

Make that FOUR boxes of pure goodness

For dessert, she's been dipping strawberries in chocolate and also some with nuts...not to mention she baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies!

This is the first time Valerie and I have parked at Abalone Cove Shoreline Park. Previously, we hiked (and I sometimes ran) to here from a nearby neighborhood, but today we plan to have our picnic in this park AFTER our hike.

This may be the first time I have parked the X on gravel

East Beach at Abalone Cove

We head over to the Tide Pools

I pretty much have to rely upon the S21's zoom when looking into the Tide Pools

Mark on the rocks

I really have to remember that the phone favors near detail unless I select to focus on distance ones

The Pro camera in ultra-wide is fixed focus, so I don't have to worry about those

I didn't see any purple sea urchins last time

Nor did I see a sea slug

Those crazy rocks

Again, phone focuses on the plants in the foreground

Again, phone focuses on the plants in the foreground

Sacred Cove

Valerie waits for the group

And she twirls