Dollar Inn Petaluma

... mostly mallards and little black capped bufflehead ducks. Purple jelly fish lie on the mud flats ; children digging clams shout to avoid stepping on them. Point Reyes Station in upscale Marin County. We take a gander at the shops, check out the market (mostly organic and pricey) and have lunch basking inthe sun. Driving back along the estuary and the mostly quiet winding roads we see the Pacific coast mists ...

... mission there was much closer to the original because they had no money to renovate and re-do. There you can see the original adobe-not at Carmel. Much of it is a reconstruction and it's beautifully done and beautifully landscaped but hardly original. The basilica seems authentic though and it is really lovely. While wandering around on the grounds, I noticed a historical marker (I try to take pictures of all historical markers I see as Susie can attest). This marker commemorated ...

... just like hooking up a garden hose. Then things got interesting with the waste drain. Good thing I watched the Cruise America video and saw the concepts of the dumping system. That's all I did outside but inside there was more. The refrigerator runs on propane so that wasn't hard to get going. Then there was the water pump that needs to be on if you want to use ...

... krzyknęła Gizmo, Amerykanka, która była naszą obozową pielęgniarką. Dla Amerykanów auto, które mieści mniej niż 7 osób, jest "maleńkie'. Normalny rozmiar tutaj to 7-9 osób, oficjalnie i na luzie mieszczących się wewnątrz maszyny. Gizmo nie mogła uwierzyć, że Punciak to normalny rozmiar dla Europy... W nocy po powrocie praktycznie nie spałam. Płonęło mi całe ciało ...

... park sideways on the worst of them, they are even tough to walk up. and then you run into occasional streets that end in stairs .. kinda like a giant version of Wellington. From the top of Telegraph hill had an awesome downhill run across to lombard street and the bendiest street in SF ... carried to bike up the stairs ... puffed a bit and took photos, the rode down .. lots of fun ! almost made the trip up ...

... proti najbolj znani puscavi v ZDA - Death Valley. Znana je po rudnikih srebra in starodavnih ghost townih. Dno puscave je 82m pod nivojem morja, kjer je prisotno slano jezero. Ker sva se ze navelicala sedenja v avtu (vse skupaj sva naredila cca 3500km v dobrem tednu), sva se odpravila na pohod po sipinah, samo sva se hitro obrnila, ko sva zagledala sledi klopotac. Najbolj zanimiva stvar v death valleyu pa je bil vulkan, okrog katerega je bilo polno ...

... de beste winkel ben ik binnengestapt, heb mijn camera tevoorschijn gehaald en de mensen daar gevraagd te kijken naar de foto's die ik in NL van Hondje gemaakt had. (Voelde me een beetje als die man uit Spoorloos). Nee, die hadden ze niet. Ik moest het eens in de winkel verderop proberen. Na op die manier een paar winkels afgewerkt te hebben, kwam ik in een winkel waar ze wat behulpzamer waren. Nee, die hadden ze niet, maar ze hadden wel een lijst met alle winkels ...

... several times!! We even walked over the Harbour bridge - not the whole way - but just so we could say we had been on it!! Only on one of these occasions did the renowned fog show its face! Good old San Fran bridge - glorious in the Californian sunshine - and although it was a close thing - we still bought our hearts away with us - although it is easy to love this place!!

... will eventually be at a disadvantage in any kind of marketing/communication career if I can't speak Spanish, etc. And, all of that would be true, but it's not my motivation wanting to learn Spanish and not the motivation for this trip. It is simply a huge personal annoyance and frustration for me that I can't speak another language-and, Spanish is certainly the most practical to learn. Close proximity to all kinds of interesting Spanish-speaking countries is a definite bonus. (And, yes ...