Sarge and I have just returned from a Buddhist Retreat weekend in Port Hueneme.
Bill and Jean Anker are the folks who host the nondenominational Gathering of Friends once a month at their home in Granada Hills. They recently built a second home in Port Hueneme, near the beach, and offered their new home as a place to have Buddhist retreats.
The retreat started on Friday night, but because Sarge didn't get off work until late, we decided to leave at 4:00 am Saturday morning. It's about a 2-hour drive from Palmdale to Port Hueneme, through Santa Clarita, Piru, Fillmore, Santa Paula, and Oxnard.
We arrived a little bit before 6 am and since we didn't need to be to the Anker's for breakfast until 8 am, we went running (Sarge ran; I rode my folding bike) along a bike path that went through a park called Bubbling Springs Green Belt. It was calm, peaceful, lovely, and very, very green. Lots of ducks, geese, and seagulls gathering along the stream.
After an hour of that, we headed over to the house, and talked with Jean and Bill, trying not to wake those who were still sleeping. There was lots of good, healthy stuff to eat for breakfast. One-by-one, the other attendees got up and came to breakfast.
