Saturday was a beautiful, sunny day and we decided to go on one of our adventures and visit a new beach that is close to our new house.  We went to Ocean Beach Park in Lompoc, CA.  We were surprised by how secluded the area was, reminded us of Jalama Beach, which is just a little further south.  It's a real windy beach and it was cold, although the temperature in the city was in the 70s.   This beach is closed from March through September due to the Endangered Species Act, so we were happy that we drove over there this weekend, since we won't be able to go back again for some time.  The bird Snowy Plover is breeding during this time and is protected. Ocean Beach Park is near Vandenberg Airforce Base , where the Space Shuttle will land in emergencies, and there is an Amtrak station there.  The beach is called "Surf Beach".   This is Chuck, with Elvis in the bag, and Priscilla and Toby sitting on a bench at the Amtrak stop at Surf Beach The Surf Beach stop on the Surfliner route of Amtrak Just as we were walking down to the beach, we ran into some new friends!  You can never have too many friends! Info on the Snowy Plover Info on Surf Beach A beautiful, clean beach The three amigos.  Priscilla, Toby and Elvis Becky and the three Yorkies - Toby, Elvis bring up the rear and Priscilla in the lead Chuck with Elvis Toby Priscilla looking at the ocean A little playing.  Elvis, left, Toby in the middle and Priscilla jumping up Meeting up with our new friends again on the beach Priscilla was so happy to play with these little cuties Heading home Home! View from our yard overlooking the town of Santa Ynez Here's a few videos of me running on the beach with Toby and Priscilla.  Chuck wanted to capture Priscilla "prancing".  She's so pretty when she walks and has so much personality.  I wish these were more close up, but, hopefully you will enjoy seeing both Toby and Priscilla.  Toby loves it by the water and we're glad that Priscilla seems to share this with him.  Elvis, on the other hand, prefers to stay in the bag with Chuck.  He doesn't like getting too close to the water. Beach Video #1 - Becky, Toby & Priscilla Click Here for Video Beach Video #2 - Becky, Toby & Priscilla Click Here for Video Note:  These video's are .mov format - viewing normally done via Quicktime Don't have Quicktime loaded?  Click here for free Quicktime download Can't view the videos?  View below from an upload to YouTube.com Beach Video #1 Beach Video #2 We enjoyed sharing our day with you!