Best Western Garden Inn Santa Rosa

... things: bikes and the great outdoors. On the way to the store me and Matt must have seen over a thousand bikes including the sort of Monster Choppers (oooerrr) that would not have been out of place on the discovery channel. And when we got to REI 5 minutes before opening there were a dozen people queued at the door wanting maps, poles, shoes – the lot.

I have to say the map selection was not good – all I wanted was the USGS sheets for the ...

... the quality of wine writing here will be definitely of the bin-end £3 a bottle variety rather than a in the style of something selected from the wine library.

The Flex has turned out to be less of a burden each time I drive it and now I have discovered it has Sirius (satellite, ad free radio by genre) and full USB iPod compatibility I rather pleased I will be tanking it around in this Ark Royal sized car for the next ...

We move every three months.

This time will not be the easiest.

One month left. So in my brain that means time to start planning a new adventure in order to cope with the one that's ending. I'm thinking of road trips and places I want to go, where we're going to live for the next few months and where we're going to work. Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas?...hrm. Let's start with San Francisco since a trip to the ...

So work at Merry's Edwards is done. Shortest, yet longest harvest ever.

I did however start a new job. It's amazing. Wish I just worked there in the first place. It's a place called Vinify. it's a custom crush facility with like 15 or so wineries within it. Everyone that works there is amazing. I've been there for like 3 days but get along great with everyone. Music, playing, beer, and things like randomly wearing the ugliest suit you ...

... not to mention the height.
But the best part of the trip was just ahead....reaching San Rafael and getting to see Mia and Caroline. Although it's only been 4 months I can't believe how much older they seem.
Not to mention getting to be with Ryan, Christy, Drew and Sarah.....Take care, Linda

what a fun weekend--and hot. hot hot hot. good thing the bride-to-be, kim, thought ahead and had the lemonade stand for a pre-ceremony drink, handheld woven fans, and evian face misters in the hotel gift bag. (little did kim know that chris and i would use those evian misters most in costa rica because the first place we stayed at was ridiculously hot. the almonds came in handy while traveling as well.)

friends and ...

2008 11 07 The rain never let up and seemed to get stronger. When the weather forecasters started issuing "Flash Flood" warnings - we bugged out and drove about 300 miles from Brookings, Oregon to Forestville, CA (NW of Santa Rosa) in one day and stayed at the Riverbend RV Resort overnight. To get there, we drove for 23 miles along a VERY narrow, curvy, hilly paved road that seemed to race ...

... lives. There is now 23 days until we departure, and it seems the time is getting shorter and shorter. I remember when it was December and I was thinking only a couple of months left but now it's just a couple of weeks left. Well I'm going to go now I will keep in touch. Tootles, Olivia

... My seating buddies didn't really stop to catch breath so they talked all the time! It didn't really bother me *although I have to admit the thought of shutting them up did cross my mind but I felt guilty in actually being really the instigator of our little social hub.* Furthermore, I generally know that I can't really go to sleep on planes but I did close my eyes. Although, truthfully I did experience pain on my lower abdomen, the lower part below and a little ...

... ten years old (he's now about 40), leaving him with a sever head injury, so that he now is a hemiplegic, with full use of only one side of his body. We were very impressed with Matt's artistic works, which were on display throughout his apartment. It was so good we felt he should have his work in a gallery. We were touched by the opportunity to share in a host family's personal life in this way. Mary and Robin are also very creative people through story telling and music ...