The plan had been to drive up the California coast on Route 101 and to spend the night in Brookings, Oregon tonight. But, we heard last night that whole town of Brookings was evacuated due to a wildfire in the Suislaw National Forest that was coming too close. So, we tried to check with several…
WooHoo! We arrived at Benbow KOA and we were able to rent a tiny room with AC, refrigerator, TV, sink, shower, and toilet. It is sitting next to a small river (make that creek) and is pretty comfy. We stayed at the same place (different unit) on the way down the coast and we liked…
Here we are in Walnut Creek, CA again, briefly visiting with Steve’s cousin’s husband on our way back home. Yesterday, we drove through Monterey, CA. Steve wanted to see Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck. It was a bit of a letdown; very commercialized and no real canneries, I’m sure those have moved on….
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden was not as beautiful as I expected and not as accessible as I had hoped. There are 78 acres of gardens, but very few plants were flowering and many looked very dry or even dying. This is probably the wrong time of year for the best viewing and I think they…
The Eclipse was just a slightly darker part of the morning with the complete cloud cover that hung over Santa Maria, California. I was up early and was able to watch the NASA coverage. So, I did see it, sort of live. It was amazing how sunny it became here when the whole thing was…
We visited the Queen Mary docked at Long Beach first thing in the morning on Friday. It was decommissioned in 1967 and has been docked at Long Beach since then, I believe. Admittedly, we weren’t inclined to pay the $40 each to take a tour, but the outside was pretty impressive. I did spend the…
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