We pulled into Sunshower Farm in Soquel, (not to be confused with SoCal), on Thursday afternoon. Amy was there to greet us, Blakey came an hour later. Sunshower Farm is a property that Ellen’s brother Tim and his then wife Sue bought and built about 25 years ago. Molly, their daughter was born and raised […]
California
Russian River Brewery
We left Cloverdale and headed south on the 101. A quick text let Blakey know we were on our way. When she found out we were going to be passing through Santa Rosa, the call went out for “Pliny the Elder.” It is a craft beer brewed by the Russian River Brewing Company that has […]
Anderson Valley
After picking up “the 1” at Leggett, just south of the Humboldt Redwoods, we headed over to the coast. Just south of Albion we turned inland again on highway 128. It was another beautiful road through another redwood forest. Eventually it opened to the Anderson Valley. The Anderson Valley is about 100 miles north of […]
Pacific
We went down the Pacific Coast Highway in Northern California for a while. We went through the seaside cities of Fort Bragg and Mendocino. The waves were huge today. It is also a little eerie when entering “tsunami zones.” Click on picture for slide show:
Titans of the Forest
Tuesday we finally hit the Pacific Ocean. We then hit the third tine of our trinity (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Crater Lake National Park, and the redwoods). Our first encounter was driving through Jebediah Smith State Park. At Del Norte State Park we had a picnic lunch and visited the “Big Tree.” At Redwood National […]