Blogs from Petaluma, California, United States, North America

" All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time." Paul Fussell Routing: Brookings, Oregon- Redwoods State Park- Mendocino- Petaluma and Newark CA (Home of Cruise America). Distance : 694 km. Total trip distance: 4994 km. Towards the end of any journey there is a tendency to slip into a "Shucks, this is all done and dusted" mode and some of the gloss of the trip loses it's shine. But somehow, with our time running out, it was almost a gift that we set off from Harris Beach State Park in the knowledge that the famous Redwood forests were just ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Aujourd'hui la température joue avec moi, régulièrement je vais avoir des écarts de 20°. Ce matin c'est de nouveau le jeans et le sweat. J'ouvre quand même le toit c'est plus facile pour prendre des photos, surtout que je vais traverser le Golden Gate. Pont qui est devenu payant, et encore une fois je ne vais pas voir de barrière de péage. Aujourd'hui je ne suis pas égaré dans une mauvaise file. Je retourne à Sausalito, dont je gardais un très bon souvenir, il y a 35 ans. A l'époque c'était, encore les artistes bohèmes, qui vivaient, sur les housse boats (maisons flottantes), en 2016, ou les habitants ont changés, ou ces mêmes artistes ont fait fortune. Tout d'abord je ne reconnais pas le port, c'est un vrai port de plaisance, et avec ... read more

Today we set a record. Up at 6:30, out of the campground by 7:20, including a shower. It helps we were still on Mountain time (so it felt later) and we did a 97% setup last night. We ate at a nice diner in Ely. The decor was modern camoflage. It was quite busy... we think much busier than they expected. After about 15 minutes, a new lady showed up to wait tables to asssit the obviously harried solo waitress that was there to start with. We left Ely and headed out into the Nevada mountain and desert passes. Lots of passes here also, and the gasoline problem became intolerable to the point where we drove with our windows down the entire way (it was near 90 degrees). Leaving Ely, we shared the road with a ... read more

Happpy Canada Day! Today was a very long day of riding and most challenging. We left paradise (moonstone beach) this morning and started to work our way up the coast highway - I say "work" because it seems like a workout with all the twists and turns and gearing up and gearing down. My wrist is sore from working the clutch today. We stopped at Ragged Point for an early morning latte and had some fun watching the sea lions. Check out the video!! They were super cute little darlings - well not so little! We made it to Big Sur for lunch and it is at this point that things look familiar because we did this part of the coast last year. The weather was sunny but cool for sure - I was completely geared ... read more