Still Out Here Traveling....

Greetings from Brookings, Oregon! I'm getting closer, but still not ready to rush home yet.

Currently staying at Harris Beach State Park, just outside Brookings, Oregon

Since my last post from Arizona, I met my parents in Laughlin, Nevada, then returned to California to visit my sister Michelle and attend a family event. My friend Laurie joined me in the Los Angeles area in early May and we've been road tripping together since then. Here are a few of the things we've been up to.

We went to see the Mariners play the Angels (not with the result we were hoping for). Then we headed down the coast to San Diego, going as far south as Imperial Beach and the Tijuana River National Estuary, where we could see Mexico from the beach.

We "tasted" Louisiana in San Diego at the Gator by the Bay event

My sister Annette and some of her friends came down to San Diego and Camp Pendleton to visit her daughter Zabrinna and we all went on a great limo tour of several wineries in the Temecula area. That was a fun day!

One more visit with Michelle in Malibu, and then we headed north. We didn't get very far, just to the little Danish town of Solvang, when we realized we had arrived on the date of their 3rd Wednesday Wine Walk. We saw that as a sign that we should stay!

From there, we've made slow progress up the coast, resisting the urge to stop at all the wineries and beaches, but we've hit a few.

I'm always intrigued by Elephant Seal Beach in the San Simeon area.

For Memorial Day Weekend, we wanted something interesting to do, and found Oysterpalooza in the little town of Valley Ford. We stayed the weekend in Bodega Bay and went up to the quaint and fun little music and food event in the hills, just outside a restaurant called Rocker Oysterfellers.

 

 

Our favorite winery stop in central California was the Francis Ford Coppola Winery, which had a beautiful facility and tasty wine. We arrived late in the day, so we didn't get to take advantage of all the facilities' amenities, such as a pool and patio area (with bar service, of course). We did enjoy a wine tasting and had yummy dinner at the restaurant.

 

 

Charley and I are both enjoying having a traveling companion now for the rest of the trip!

 

Farewell for now from Laurie, Kathy and Charley