Blogs from Eureka, California, United States, North America - page 3

What's hot: Redwood Forests What's also hot: Scott gets a 392-point Scrabble play What's not: The temperatures--56 degrees at Eureka, CA The road: 101 miles of intense high mountain curves--Paul gets the driving prize. Travel lesson of the day: In search of beauty, you get some truth. from Kathy: The journey is the destination ... Advertising has ruined so many good phrases. This daily pursuit of new landscapes is a destination in itself, now at the halfway point for us. Inside our little bubble of four people, we carry out the rituals of lazy-rising, diner breakfasts, looking at the signs and people, noticing the little stuff, laughing or shaking our heads, or disagreeing, or putting up with each other, or agreeing, or just driving quietly ... read more

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Hi all, Wendy writing this one. Flight was crap, had lined up all the films we wanted to watch.... but the in flight system crashed, so was pretty boring. San Francisco is freezing, up to 30 degrees lower than a few miles inland. They do a booming trade in fleeces. I think they should rename the place Lycraville.... all the young and beautiful people (and the gays) run and cycle endlessly. There are no hippies anywhere I felt really scruffy and out of place. The whole place is like trendy bits of London, property prices are astronomical, $1000000 for a smallish terrace is the norm. We did all the stuff, Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, hanging of a tram, wiggly Lombard Street. Big Red Fire Engine (for Kevin....Bless!) Had Clam Chowder in a sour dough bread on ... read more

It's August 6th and the Travel Blog site has been down for a while. All of our previous blog entries were lost, however, I have recovered and re-published the last two of them. If you notice breaks in the text or photos, it's due to the restoration process. This next entry was to have been posted yesterday. Now that Travelblog is restored, here goes... 8/4 Here I sit in the misty pacific morning at Sonoma Coast State Beach pondering which highlights to give you. Since leaving Zion on July 29th, we’ve been through a lot of territory. On a personal note, although I’ve always been thankful for hot showers, I will say that waiting through 4 days of dusty hikes while slicked up with sunscreen, and up to 105 degree temps, with only baby wipes for ... read more

**FYI, LeAnne wrote the blog, & Natalie commentaried the pics... Hey EVERYONE! Yep, it's us again hollerin' from good ol' Eureka, California. A lot has happened since the last blog....let's see, that was 2 days ago. Well we will begin in Bend, Oregon. Natalie and I had spent a good two days there checking out the parks and visiting with Marja, my guiding buddy from Alaska. Our scheduled departure date would be that Saturday afternoon, an hour before my other buddy Julie would arrive in Bend. It just seemed right to stick around a little longer to visit with her too, so we decided to stay another night. I'm glad we did. The rest of the afternoon was spent catching up on journals and taking advantage of the free wi-fi at the local bakery. Along ... read more