What follows is an outline of our recent travels along the W(B)est Coast
Day One: Seattle to Ashland, Ore.
Day Two: Ashland to Davis, Calif.
--hiked around Lake Sisquiyou in the rain
--spent five days in Davis visiting friends, cooking, eating, playing cards
--arrived on St. Patrick's Day
--rained almost the entire time
--sipped wine in Napa and was devastated by our lunch at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America)
--drove by Coppola's vineyard, but the gates were locked
--hit Oakland
Day Seven: Davis to San Francisco to Eureka
--spotted a Banksy (really!)
--more rain as we headed up the coast
Day Eight: Eureka to Bandon, Ore
--THE most fantastic breakfast (oysters, bacon, and eggs) with an impossible coastal view
--in utter awe of the 1000-year-old Red Wood Forest
--Beach Wobble
Day Eight: Bandon to Seattle
--odd, beautiful town
--met up with an old Portland friend (Heather B)
--two-mile hike to soak in the Umpqua Hot Springs and while floating in the bubbling mineral-rich waters, gazing at tall trees and an opening sky decided that civilization isn't necessary
--lunch in Eugene (such a cool little town)
--then pushed all the way north to Seattle
--rinsed off the mineral deposits and started blog entry
