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