California Revisited

Everytime I leave I forget how much I love California. Well, northern California anyway. San Francisco is such a great city and the redwoods were absolutely amazing. The Avenue of the Giants is on the same hugeness scale as the Grand Canyon was.

Rick really likes the desert, but I was so glad to be out of them. I like sleeping when there is a chill in the air. San Francisco not only has Alex, which is a huge plus in my book for any city, but you drive about an hour and you hit wine country. Go a little farther and you hit the redwoods. At the top of California we were driving along a non-winding cliff road with the Pacific to our left, redwoods to our right and the fog rolling in. It was absolutely perfect. And we had our first campfire last night.

This morning we traveled through the redwoods some more to Grants Pass where we met up with Uncle David and Aunt Paula for lunch. We were both so happy that they were able to rearrange their schedules to come meet up with us, even though it was a really short visit. Not only was it great to see them (I had actually never met Aunt Paula before), but it broke up our drive nicely. We just got into Washington and checked into a Best Western a few minutes ago. Rick is swimming at the pool while I write this. In the morning we will do some laundry and drive the 100 or so miles into Seattle.

We just started listening to The Sun Also Rises. Rick HATES it. I would like for him to stop complaining about it so that I can enjoy it. I really like the 1920's ex-pat scene in Paris. He isn't appreciating the work for the documentation of the vibe of the time that it is. He keeps looking for a deeper story. He wants more plot. I could use some backup on this. Please leave a comment if you agree with me and enjoy Hemmingway's writing as it stands. If you don't agree with me, don't bother commenting. I don't want to know if you are taking Rick's side :)

So anyway...Seattle tomorrow. I think we will have to listen to some Pearl Jam and Nirvana. We'll probably spend the whole day drinking coffee.