Coming home, the main thing to see was the Avenue of the Giants, an area of redwoods which has some of the oldest and biggest samples of the species. Years ago I went there with a friend, in a car, and vowed that I would ride that road on a motorcycle. Because of the shade, [...]

While D. slept, I went on on snarfari. I looked up the National Register properties and went hunting. I also visited the Clarke museum and found out where the other three museums were. The Clarke was full of gorgeous bright quilts. I found a town with many fascinating old buildings, built at the mouth of [...]

I had a leisurely morning with Lissyvigeen and Lios, then set off with hugs and regrets. This time, I obviously bribed the cats sufficiently, and received only a few speckles of rain. The clouds got fewer and fewer as I travelled south. The first day, I stayed in a generic and somewhat disappointing Motel 6 [...]

2,344.6 miles! Shortest day: 193.5 miles Longest day: 343.5 miles 5 states visited: California (duh!), Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Washington. Four out of five were my first visit on a motorcycle. State lines crossed: 7 Highest altitude reached: 7,227′ (about 2,355 m) Lowest altitude reached: sea level Highest temperature suffered: 106°F (about 41° C) Lowest temperature: [...]

Well, I’m back. I don’t have the trip mileage yet: I’m about to jump into the shower and then start on the disaster which is my house (two weeks of junk mail, things that are where they don’t belong, you know the kind of thing). I have found one out of three cats. The other [...]

I’m in Petaluma which is roughly 90 miles north of home, so we’re well on the way back now. We’re heading down and we’re going to go over the golden gate bridge, because we can. And…it’s a lot cooler down here – there is actually air you can breathe, which is always an advantage. I [...]

Should be on the road sometime in the next hour or so. It’s already hot outside, but at least today it’s fast roads. I think we’re going to go down 101, and then cross the Richmond Bridge (or the Golden Gate), and then come home on I-880 or I-280. Last night we watched “The Day [...]

103°F in Ukiah, California. I almost passed out in the lobby of the motel. Home tomorrow. Hopefully it won’t take long, it’s only 154 miles. I am not built for these kinds of temperatures.

Today is day 14…I should be home tomorrow. It’s foggy right now in Eureka, but by the time D. gets up it won’t be. The temperature is set to rise as high as 96F today. Should be ok as long as we keep moving. The idea is to see the Avenue of the Giants, then [...]