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Wine Chasing
The morning started with one of the strangest things we've seen on the west coast. As we were loading the car with our gear, on the main road I saw Krishna and Radha walking hand in hand. Krishna's entire body was in blue paint and he had the matching jewellery to go with it. Radha was in an impeccable red sari. I thought I was hallucinating, so I …
River deep , mountain high
... names and in the buildings and the unceasing good weather, and bright blue skies make everything look sharp and inviting. We may not have drunk the wine but we filled our boots with lovely views instead. We decide not to buy a property here as even a modest winery would set us back $20m.
On route to the inland glories we spend a couple of nights in Sacramento, actually the State capital, and a fine if federal town. At one end of the town, divided by a freeway, is Old ...
Coast and river, the final official tour day
... deer along the way. It took us an hour to drive the 25 miles.
We reconnected to coastal route 1 north of Point Arena, another nice small town. The 105-foot-tall Point Arena lighthouse, built in 1870, sits on a bluff above crashing waves, rocky shoreline, and sunning sea lions. Arena Cove has a fishing pier with dolly boat hoists. Abalone fishermen go out in wetsuits. We sat at an outdoor cafe and watched ...
Day 21: wine, a new shoe and a chair
... Susan. $135! I could get two pairs of excellent shoes with decent heels for myself at Voegele for that money - spoiled little car we got...
The concert was OK and we learned that, when a 70 years old wine-tasting-guy tells us, that there will be 'many young, single men', 'young' can mean rather very old.
After dinner at the Bears Pub and Grill, where this fine tasting-day was concluded with a beer tasting, we hit the ...
Whales, seals and a paddle in the surf
... asked about people possibly suing and she said that stupidity seems to have disappeared recently and it is expected that people do things at their own risk.
Irene asked another local where we could buy good fish and chips - it seemed the right sort of day for it - so we back tracked to Bodega Bay and found a great little place that was really busy. It was run by some Hawaiians and we think it was a surfie hang out as they had a surf movie and ...
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