Blogs from Arcata, California, United States, North America

Greetings from the Redwoods! Today was a good day on the road. It had been my intention to leave Gilroy at 4:00 AM in order to beat the heat and traffic. Unfortunately, I was up late fighting a bad internet connection in order to get last night's blog post to work. Some people have told me that they could see the pictures, others can't. From here on out, I will be uploading my photos directly to this site rather that using Photobucket to host them. I departed Gilroy at about 8:00 and headed north on the 101 through San Francisco and across the Golden Gate Bridge. Riding a motorcycle across the Golden Gate early on a clear morning is a real treat. The road is good, it gives many gifts. Little moments when the sights, sounds ... read more

Life is good. We are in Arcata, California at the lovely home of Carol and CJ Ralph. Carol is our friend Ali's sister. Ali is a former Academy Studios compatriot of Melisse's. Yes, the one with the goats. Carol and CJ were most inviting. They live at the end of the road next to the dunes and beach. Experts in birds and plants. After a spectacular walk over the dunes to the beach, we tried to play "stump the stars" with them but they had answers to all of our bird and plant questions. Way to go! Washington was glorious. We saw old and new friends there as well. Roger and Mary are from freshman dorm at CU Boulder and Melisse's ties run deep with them. We spent time on Vashon Island with Mary and her ... read more

One word... ...WoAhhhhhhh! ... ...more words: (as transcribed from my scattered journal, so excuse the writing.) 25th July Well, it's been the most wonderful week of fresh air, pixies, family and awesome hitchhiking! It all started a bit slow after Salt Spring Island, with Steve n I not getting the best of luck with our rides up to Courtenay (but nothing as bad as the previous week!) But eventually our lunatic behaviour got us there and we rolled into Alani's place before dark. Spent a beautiful few days hanging out, gardening, making felt and swimming in rivers and waterfalls and then teamed up with some friends to go to Lasqueti Island- which kinda has the vibe of one of those 'final frontier' hippie outposts still remaining in the world. It was another beautiful ferry ride over ... read more

Sorry I suck at updating this. Last time I updated I think we were in Montana. I forgot to mention that something I found extremely interesting in South Dakota was that at every point there was a fatal car accident on the highway, there was a sign that said something along the lines of "Think Don't Die". It was so bizarre. Saw Yellowstone again, got to see Old Faithful! It was exciting. Everyone should see that at some point in their life. Once in Idaho, we saw the Craters of the Moon National Monument. There used to be some volcanic activity here and the lava that cooled seriously makes this area look like you're on the moon. We climbed up what used to be a cone from a volcano. Stayed at a motel in Idaho, I ... read more

Tja nach einem ziemlich langen Flug nach San Fran, 3-4 Std. verspaetung, sind wir dann doch noch angekommen und gleich zu Alamo wo wir unser Auto gebucht hatten und dann ab nach Arcata dachten wir. Wir naruerlich ohne Plan von SAn Fran unterwegs immer schoen der Beschreibung von der Ulrike folgend, 101 Richtung Norden, durch San Fran. Nur da hier die Beschilderung nicht ganz so ist wie in D und man hier etwas laenger gedult haben muss wenn man geradeaus faehrt, aber nach ungefaehr einer Std. Irrfahrt in San Fran und nach dem Weg fragen, sind wir dann auch endlich ueber die Golden Gate raus aus der Grossstadt gewesen. War dann schon irgedwas um 2 Uhr Nacht und wir natuerlich total fertig vom Reisen und kaum schlafen, so habe nwir im dem schoenen San Rafael, irgenwo ... read more