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We spent a thankfully uneventful night in Santa Nella, and awoke to much cooler temperatures, and some hazy sunlight. I went for a run, hoping to take a quiet road along a canal, but turned around after I came to a second "Breaking Bad" type trailer. I instead ran through the RV park and single wide home area nearby. Everyone seemed to have guard dogs, but all were fenced, until I came around a corner and a large white husky mix stared me down from the middle of the street. I always carry dog biscuits, so offered the dog one. He wouldn't approach too closely so I put it on the ground. He delicately picked it up and trotted home, to my relief! Once back to the hotel, I took a swim in the pool, which ... read more
Santa Nella run
Mission de Oro swim
Santa Nella super charger

North America » United States » California » Santa Nella March 27th 2022

We said a fond goodbye to Val and Garth on Saturday morning, after a run and swim (me) and a pancake breakfast fixed by Val... We drove on dozens of small roads and minor highways to get from Chico to Walnut Creek where we charged up the car. We passed lots more orchards and a few small towns before getting into the more populated areas outside of San Francisco. Traffic was light, and the weather beautiful: sunny and in the high 70s. At one point, we drove through mounded hills that looked like the Palouse in Eastern Washington. We arrived at Bill's cousin Lynn and her son Chris's place in San Jose a little after 3:00pm. I drove that section and we had the most traffic so far on the trip. We had a lovely visit ... read more
Parking Lot Rooster
One of the smaller roads we took
Freshly plowed field

North America » United States » California » Chico March 25th 2022

We had a very quiet night in Medford...even though there were 30 or cars in the motel, we didn't hear a sound all night, and everyone who left early were very quiet! Restored a bit of my faith in humanity! Unfortunately, the rest of the early morning was not as pleasant...I got coffee for us from the breakfast room...but it was undrinkable...the "eggs" were very salty, and I realized I had forgotten to pack the homemade granola...luckily we had breakfast bread to toast and sweet potato quesadillas as backup... The motel was in an area lacking in any green space so I postponed my run. We got coffee at a Dutch Bros and went through a car wash before leaving town around 9:30 am. Our next stop was Shasta Lake where I hoped to swim. The ... read more
My driver!
Life saving coffee..
California ahead!


After I took a last swim in Skagit Bay, we finished loading the Tesla, and started off on our EV road trip! (My plan is to swim every day on this trip....) The trip to Portland was uneventful. It's a generally boring drive, with often bad traffic, but this time at least the traffic wasn't too bad. This part of the trip gave us a chance to figure out more about the navigation system, and we were able to add multiple stops in the correct order! We stopped to charge up in Kelso and arrived at Bill's cousin John's place in the late afternoon. He lives in a beautiful Portland suburb, in a house full of Japanese artifacts he's collected over the years. He previously taught in Japan, in an English immersion program. We had a ... read more
Skagit Bay
On the road
Second state...Oregon!

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split October 6th 2019

We spent our last free day eating breakfast in our favorite restaurant: Fig. (http://figrestaurants.com/split), walking the backstreets northwest of the palace, buying a few gifts, and napping! I went for a long last swim in the beautiful Adriatic, across the bay and back. The water is a bit colder than it was when we arrived 11 days ago, but still pleasant, and much warmer than Skagit Bay! Some more on the beach and the game that was invented here: "If you want privacy at the beach, avoid Bačvice. If you want to meet people, this is the first choice. It's the central city beach, popular among locals and young tourists looking for some fun. It's a sandy beach, with sunbeds and parasols (maybe too many of them, but they are usually all taken). For people in ... read more
View from the Tennis Club bar
View down from the Ethnographic Museum
View down from the Ethnographic Museum

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split October 2nd 2019

"If you could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn't dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed." A quote from Diocletian, stated when he was begged to return to the throne. (Aurelius Victor, Epitome de Caesaribus39.6) Diocletian was born around 244 to a poor family in what is now Croatia, and worked his way up the ranks in the Roman army. He became Emperor in 285, after defeating a rival in battle. His reign unified the Empire, and he eventually decided to appoint three other rulers, dividing responsibility for the empire among them. This arrangement is called the tetrarchy, from a url=https://en.wikipedia.or... read more
One of the sphinxes brought from Egypt
The Palace at the time of Diocletian
A remaining Roman Pillar

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Hvar September 29th 2019

We had decided to spend a long time in Split (10 days) so we could visit islands with day trips, rather than haul luggage and pack and unpack several times. This decision has worked out well! We are in an inexpensive, but newly renovated apartment very close to the beach and the beach restaurants, and a 10 minute walk to the ferries. Our first Island trip was to Hvar, and specifically Hvar town, an island and town popular with the jet set. Unfortunately, it is now popular with the older cruise set, and the town is much too small to comfortably handle even one ship, along with all the boats and ferries from the mainland. Hvar town boasts the oldest indoor theater in the world, but we couldn't visit it. There was an interesting model ship ... read more
The walk from Zlatni Rat to Bol
Bol from the road from the ferry
Bol on Brac Island

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split September 27th 2019

Five hours on a comfortable bus took us from Zagreb to Split, through surprisingly diverse landscapes and few towns. The bus had wifi, and stopped for a break at a highway rest station, where we bought freshly made crepes, and coffees.. Split is the second largest city in Croatia, and has a population of 350,000. The transportation hub is on the waterfront: ferries, buses, and a pathetic train station are all clustered there, so it's easy to get around. Split has been settled/controlled by: Greeks, Romans, Venetians, the Byzantines, Napoleon, the Hapsburgs, Austrian Empire, Italy, Germany, and Yugoslavia! We found our new place fairly easily, but had to haul suitcases up hill from the harbor and back down to the beach area where we are staying for 10 days. Our apartment is on the ground floor, ... read more
Knitting on the bus to Split
Our newest bedroom
Split sunset


In the 1960s, films were made of the German author Karl May's "western" novels, featuring the characters of Old Shatterhand and Winnetou, a Native chief. They were filmed in Croatia, which was thought to look like the American West! From the clips, it seems that May was sympathetic to the Native cause. Much of the filming was done in the Plivice National Park, our destination on Thursday. Here's a clip if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTfdy9TKt8 The park was founded in 1949. It was fought over during the war, and landmines are still thought to be found in remote locations in the park. Much of the infrastructure was destroyed in the war, and this gave the area time to recover from over use. "The national park is world-famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Sixteen lakes can be ... read more
Amazing...
Our rental: a "Duster" by Dacia
On the lake boat

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb September 25th 2019

We had a quiet first evening in Zagreb: mediocre pizza from the restaurant under the apartment, grocery shopping, and a decision to spend an additional night there. We decided that the best way to see Plitvice was by car, and we did not want to spend the night there. So we decided to rent a car for the day, drive the two plus hours each way to the park, and return to our lovely apartment that night. Fortunately, the apartment was available for an additional night, so we could relax and enjoy Zagreb the next day! The next morning, we slept in, made final plans for the rest of our trip (11 nights in Split with side trips), reserved a rental car for the Plitvice trip, and then headed out on the Rick Steves walking tour ... read more
Looking down from the top of the funicular
Bill and the funicular
Our Zagreb apartment




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