As part of the daily hiking regime, we’ve spent some time at Topanga State Park. When we were living here, the people on the other side of our road, Waveview Drive, abutted the north side of the park. Per Wikipedia: The park is located adjacent to the community of Topanga, within the City of Los Angeles. […]
Having had the opportunity to experience Blakey’s tiny house, I am loathe to call where we are living a tiny house. In fact, here are some interesting tiny house facts: Tiny houses may not have more than 400 square feet excluding lofts The day I posted the Blakey’s Tiny House blog, I got 5 times […]
I grew up with two cousins, an uncle, and an aunt. Ellen grew up with infinite cousins, uncles, and aunts. In addition, distance of cousins (first, second, third, removed, etc.) is not much of a consideration in her family. The only exception is going through the common ritual of diagramming the family tree to each other. […]
Carole King and Cat Stevens are singing to me and Steve is tolerating it pretty well. We have made it to the ocean! I keep getting asked what it is like to be on the road together so much,what do we do? How are we getting along? Well, we read a lot, listen to books […]
Saturday we, as on many days, we wanted to take a hike. After Ellen’s birthday brunch, we headed off to “Land of Medicine Buddha,” a place Blakey had never been. One of the kids at Sunshower Farm goes to daycare here. After a long drive up a narrow and curvy road, we arrived. Land of […]
Blakey was a great tour guide, exploring Santa Cruz and its surrounding area with us. We drove up to UC Santa Cruz. I didn’t get photos, but the place seemed like a ski resort without snow. The buildings didn’t look anything like any college I’ve ever seen. It is located on top of a mountain, […]
Capitola is a beach town nestled just south of Santa Cruz, California. One of its most notable characteristics is the surfing. Monterey Bay’s north end curls at one end of the town, causing the waves turning into the coast to be good for surfing. The rocky cliffs and narrow beaches, on the other hand, make […]
Tiny houses are hot right now. We even saw one being hauled on a trailer as we were driving through North Dakota. Not to miss out, Blakey is staying at her Uncle Tim’s “Sunshower Farm” estate in a bright yellow tiny house. Her brother Peter suggested that it is much like her second place while […]
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 […]
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 […]
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