One Year on the Road

Then… I first came to Mendocino in 1976. After graduating college with a degree in theater and no idea what to do with it, I’d decided I couldn’t survive one more Ann Arbor winter. I bought a used Dodge van,…

By the time we got to Linda’s land near Point Arena on Friday, we were so exhausted by three days of white-knuckle driving that we were ready to stay put for a while. Linda had to leave the next morning…

Kate has a friend from work who is semi-retired now and owns land near Mendocino, California that is set up as a family camp. For years she’s invited us down there, and we finally took her up on it. So…

We drove back to Eugene from Seattle on Saturday, March 14. It rained most of the way and took nearly twice as long as it normally does in a car, even though we only had two or three short stops.…

We heard on the news that the tulips in Skagit Valley were blooming early this year. We’d seen photos of those tulip farms in full bloom, and it is just gorgeous. So instead of taking the ferry back from Whidbey Island, we…

On Wednesday, we left Bessie tucked safely away in Tobi’s driveway and took the ferry to Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, where our old friends, Claire and Marsha, live. These are our oldest friends (I’ve known Claire since 1977), and…

From Portland, we drove a few hours north to Seattle, where our daughter, Tobi. and god daughter, Aly, live. We wanted one last visit with each before we headed south. We parked Bessie snuggly in a side driveway next to…