Fort Bragg, May 3-7, 2019

Journey End,

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:10:00 -0700

Walnut Creek, United States

Tue, 07 May 2019 01:10:00 -0700

Fort Bragg, United States

Mon, 06 May 2019 01:10:00 -0700

Today turned out to be a big beach day! Again the dogs let us sleep in and we finally got going at around noon. Our first stop was the coastal trail...a lovely paved trail along the ocean with some interesting and historical sights along the way. Unfortunately, Steve had to bug out before we got too far because of low blood sugar. While he went back to the car and took care of that the dogs and I continued on the trail. The weather and scenery were beautiful. We did a little over a mile and then turned around to head back and check on Steve. We did a little over 2 miles total. Although he was out of Glucose tablets, he got some food to raise his sugar level and we went to adventure #2...Pacific Star Winery. It’s a lovely winery overlooking the ocean. We did a wine tasting and then brought out food we had with us for a light lunch on the bluffs. Although the day started foggy, the sun was out for all of our adventures. For adventure #3 we took the dogs to a no leash beach for a good run. Lilly found a stick 3 times her size and paraded around the beach with it the entire time. Steve brought it back and she has it on their dog bed in the camp site! Daisy kept going toward the ocean and I was afraid she’d get swept away from a sleeper wave. Luckily we all survived. Now we’re back at camp with a hot fire and will be cheering on the Warriors soon. Giants already lost their game so we’re hoping for better things from the Warriors tonight!

Cozy campsite

Happy Campers

Coastal Trail

Pacific Star Winery-Rejected once again!

Pacific Star Winery

Seaside Beach-No leash!

Seaside Beach-No leash! Walk softly and carry a big stick!

Seaside Beach-No leash!

Charlene Lane

Fort Bragg, United States

Sun, 05 May 2019 01:10:00 -0700

Today wasn’t an overly exciting day, but a great one nonetheless. The dogs let us sleep until 9:00am which has NEVER happened, and then we took our time getting going. After breakfast I took a nice, hot shower. Always a treat. After that it was off to the Mendocino Botanical Gardens. What a treat that was! It’s the peak of blooming for Rhododendrons and they were having Rhodies Days. The gardens overall were spectacular. We came back to camp and have just been hanging out...very restful. I did make a batch of chocolate chip cookies as a treat for dessert tonight. Hopefully tomorrow’s possible rain will stay south and the dogs will have a day at the beach.

Mendocino Botanical Gardens

Cliffs at Botanical Gardens

Steve in Cliff House

Cliffs at Botanical Gardens

Stairs leaving Cliff House

Cliff house

Stairs of death

Steve’s pal

Loving sisters

Fort Bragg, United States

Sat, 04 May 2019 01:10:00 -0700

Well, things did not go exactly as planned. The people we were supposed to meet never showed up. We found out they weren’t coming when we went to extend our stay. Definitely a downer but it was Steve’s birthday and we’re in a beautiful area so we soldiered on. Our first stop was at Silver’s seafood for lunch...birthday champagne! We also got some fresh halibut while we were there for dinner. Next was a drive up the coast to check out Westport and a state park I can never remember the spelling for. Following that we made a stop at Glass Beach. It used to be a garbage dump but now the pieces of glass have been worn down by the waves. We never really got to that part though because there were a lot of people and we had the dogs. Beautiful day at the beach though! Finally, we returned back to the campground, had our delicious halibut dinner, watched the Warriors lose and then enjoyed a beautiful fire. All in all the good did outweigh the bad.

Steve’s birthday lunch at Silver’s

Daisy And Lilly’s harbor seal counterparts

Coastline

Strip canoe

Interesting tent

Glass beach

Why lay on a lovely beach with a view of the ocean when you can lay among garbage next to the road?

Glass beach

Beach flower

Creative latrine-much prettier on the outside than in the inside!

Historic building

Sarah called!

Driving on Hwy. 1

Daisy, Lilly and a campfire

Noble Daisy

Beautiful fire!

Fort Bragg

Fri, 03 May 2019 01:10:00 -0700

Today we got an early start to meet up with Steve’s duck club buddy and his wife in Fort Bragg. Good thing we had an early start because we ran into slow traffic before we even left the Bay Area! Then we were on a very windy (but scenically beautiful) road for probably 70 miles! Long day driving but nice set up. Very private and no one behind us. The weather was chilly but blue skies and no wind. We also have water, electricity and cable so we’re set for the Warriors’ game!

Daisy making sure we’re headed in the right direction!