Professor Jim Hayes Memorial Bench

If you were a Journalism major at Cal Poly, which I was, then you knew, maybe even feared (he was quite strict) and admired Professor Hayes. He was alternately a reporter, journalist and professor. He knew what he was doing.

And he impressed upon his students the need to be correct with each and every word.

On our last trip up the coast, my husband and I found his memorial bench in a beautiful spot overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Where we sat and contemplated life for a bit.

Olallieberry

Cross a blackberry and a raspberry and you get an olallieberry.

The seaside village of Cambria is crazy about 'em.

Take a picture with the berry.

Eat some jam.

Bake a frozen pie.

There is an Olallieberry Festival and an Olallieberry Bed and Breakfast and there is the fresh baked pie, oh the pie.

Delicious olallieberry pie.

Or an early morning olallieberry cream cheese muffin if it is too early for pie.

Tasting the berry, in any form, is a treat.  

And a very good reason to visit Cambria.

That and the view!