Seabird Lodge Fort Bragg

... What?!?! Right.. we're in California.. Movie set. So for about 30 minutes we drove behind a a gorilla in a car before we finally were allowed to pass. <br><br>Thirty minutes after that we got stopped when 3 rescue helicopters flew into my favorite coastal spot and STOP... we're going NOWHERE for about 40 minutes while a pile of abulances, the afore mentioned helicoptors, and about 18 polices cars came to rescue the absolutely devistated baby blue ...

... I where I was going &#8211; of course I went the wrong way! And it was a very fortunate mistake as I ended up at the southern end of the Sonoma coast state park which is a beautiful 30 mile stretch of stunning coast and cove. The surf was definitely up and the crashing waves and the churning foam were an amazing sight. It was a good job that my legs were not up to the 7 mile hike in Jean Claude Van Damme state park cos I ended ...

... all over town, sitting on the beach and poring over maps.<br>Lovely time. Lovely sunny day in the high 60s. There are charming shops and a super, raw foods cafe I ate lunch at Living Light Cuisine. Sadly the library was closed, in fact due to budget constraints it only opens 4 days a week now. <br>I feel ready to take on the mountains again.

... her hands at the junction with 101's feeder road. An accident had just occurred and between a small, very bashed in SUV and another car. A bad one and if it hadn't been for the small crowd from nearby houses, I and the other cars that arrived at the intersection would have all pulled over instead of proceeding as she motioned us on.<br>As I continued south, 5 police cars passed me rushing to ...

... on Route 1 and follow the coast line up visiting all of the small coastal towns. This was a great plan and it was definitely fun for about the first hour or two but after a grueling 5 to 6 hours of what seemed to be over a thousand left and rights turns that boarder lined a case of insanity. Alright enough of my complaining the coast line was very beautiful and all in all we had a great drive up but it was a very long day.

... dish was wonderful. All five courses were just perfect. If you go and they are serving lobster ravioli, be sure to try it. Yummy! The service was nice and the chef/owner stopped by the table to ask if we were enjoying the evening. They have only two seatings a night so make reservations if you want to go to this one.<br><br>On the first full day in the area, we ...

... which is 3 miles from our campground. We went to the North Coast Brewing Company and purchased some local brew. We also participated in some Wine tasting at the Pacific Coast Winery-both very good-highly recommend "Red Seal beer" and "Dad's Daily Red" wine. On the way back, we stopped at Glass Beach which is a beach area outside of the campground. Many were swimming-we were not!! It's very cool but Erin says she is going in tomorrow. Later in the ...

... against us as examples of Europeans. Very upsetting - not dangerous or anything but we felt under attack anyway. In the evening we found the "Grill and Tap Room" of the local brewery where MJ got hold of his standard sampler - with two amazing ales, one of which was 11%. Yummy. We both couldn't get to sleep albeit that the pee-run at 2am gave us the most AMAZING sight of the STARS. There are 1000's of them up there and they are so BRIGHTcompared with what I've seen before.