Casini Ranch Campground Jenner

... bartender starts a fire for us and gets us hot drinks. We get settled into our rooms and hop into our private hot tub as soon as we as we can get naked.

After a nap we take a short walk to the private restaurant and tuck into a wonderful dinner. Then back to our wonderful little lodge. Tomorrow, hiking and taking in the delights of the spa.

Hello. recenly I have stayed at the heaven's edge ranch in jenner,ca. unfortunatly my stay was not comfortable. there was alot of mold and mildew in the house and when I was leaving I saw a mouse. just thought you would want to know before staying there. happy holidays and safe trips to all!

... of scenery and hopefully some excitment! On Wednesday Rob and I are heading up the coast with his mum and dad and spending the nightin Mendocino. Then Thursday we're meeting up with Doug and Flick to camp in the Anderson Valley then Eugene, Portland, Idaho... before heading up to Vancouver to settle down and work out our lives...

New Adventure.. starts now.

... nay as well has have access to library purchases. Splurges happened.
Then we headed up Diamond Mountain. We swung into a winery called Reverie that we hadn't heard of but Jamie from Faille recommended. Probably the best tasting I've ever done. We tasted 5 or 6 different wines, all in a different location on the property. 1st in the outdoor tank area, 2nd in the winecave, 3rd and 4th in a perfect circle of redwoods, and 5th and 6th ...

For the next leg of our adventure, we explored the Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco in Marin County. We stayed at the closest state park, Samuel P. Taylor, which is in a redwood forest. This was our first California state park experience and the affects of the state's budget crisis were evident here. They had closed the RV campground (without posting a notice on their website) and the only campsites available to us were in parallel ...

OK this will be a short one mostly cos I could, for the sake of brevity and conciseness write "same as yesterday" as in some ways it was (another wine tour) but in others it was quite different (a hosted tour on a limo fun bus to some less well known, invitation only wineries). I will, however, spare you any attempt at wine speak as I have given that up.

The day started as usual at somewhere after six that was still too early ...

... direction and off I wheezed. Oh, dear, lord! I soon found out what doing no exercise for two months and then racing manfully up a 600ft steepish start track does to you – it’s a good job the place was deserted to no one could see just how red I had gone. The main part of the park once you get out of the dense oaks is gently undulating and allowed me to regain some composure. The planned seven mile hike turned ...

I'm winding down and heading out once again. I'll be in the field for 3 months, from June to end of August. I wanted to try this "blogging" thing to see how it worked. I usually send out e mails but I thought this would be more interactive and I can put photo's on it =). If anyone really hates or opposes this format, please let me ...

Facts and figures... 8759 kms, 10h 51m Left Heathrow in the usual last minute.com whirlwind Celia style. Big Qs meant didn't get there til 1hr 45 before the flight (and only 20 mins before they started boarding it!). Waived goodbye to my lovely & amazingly patient and well composed Mum in the q for passport control, walking into a "Stars in their Eyes"-type door, "acting natural" for my ...

... quake of 1906. Inland the brushy flatlands of Point Reyes are home to a number of cattle ranches, beef and dairy. In 1962 Congress dedicated the area, in danger of becoming a golf course, as a National Seashore, in order to preserve the delicate ecology and cultural history that still remained. One of these, Point Reyes lighthouse, clings to one of the most notorious hazards to navigation on the Pacific coast. Access to the lighthouse from landward ...