Transamerica
Wednesday, August 24, 2011: 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles… We were up early (six) and packed and out by seven. Some high cloud but very warm. Drove SS to the Charles Schulz airport (aka Sonoma County Airport). …
Some Like it Hot
Lake Benoist, Riverfront Regional Park, Russian River Valley, west NE towards the Alexander Valley Tuesday, August 23, 2011: A mild 70 or so on rising, crystal clear sky, quiet. Checked in on the world (Libya, dollar OK, earthquake,…
A Place in the Sun
Monday, August 22, 2011: Woke up to 59 degrees, cloudy, mist like rain in the air; Mendocino had followed us east! SS went across the street for coffee to a bakery connected with the DuChamp, the hotel for swells…
Sideways
Point Arena porch; say goodbye to Mendocino Sunday, August 21, 2011: Today we left Mendocino and turned east towards the heart of Sonoma, a sort of sharp left turn. We had three options to accomplish this: Backtrack north to connect…
Easy Living
Saturday, August 20, 2011: Wake up, eat, walk, eat, walk, eat, watch a movie. Some life. The “poor man’s sentinel” gave us an important warning first thing though: Donkeys in the adjacent field had wandered over the hill and were…
On the Beach
Irish on Irish Beach Friday, August 19, 2011: We are staying in a community, if you could call it that, called Irish Beach (which is essentially about three dozen homes with nary a service for miles). There is access to…
Out of Sight
Morning sun breaks over the beach near Brookings, Oregon Thursday (so I’m told), August 18, 2011: A glorious morning dawned, as the hymn goes, but we were a bit out of joint. SS was kept awake by the neighbouring…
A Brighter Summer Day
Guess. Then scroll down. Wednesday, August 17, 2011: Our “resort” serves a “continental” breakfast: individually wrapped muffins, bread in the shape of a bagel, hard boiled eggs, Tang (I swear, confirmed by an RV-er), “coffee” with whitener, bananas and…
The Long Day Closes
Tuesday, August 17, 2011: Cannon Beach to Manzanita, Nehalem, Rockaway Beach, Tillamook, Hebo, Neskowin, Lincoln City, Depoe, Otter Rock, Newport, Seal Rock, Waldport, Yachats, Florence, Gardiner, Reedsport, Winchester Bay, Lakeside, North Bend, Coos Bay, Bandon, Langlois, Sixes, Port Orford,…
Dog Day Afternoon
Monday, August 15, 2011: On an endless, trans-continental, ultimately fruitless quest, for the ideal Americano, SS served me a delicious freshly roasted cup from the roaster across the street; I sat up in bed and said thanks but half…