FLIGHT OF THE TURTLE REDUX

First cousin to the Portland Saturday market and distant relation to the Seattle pikes market, the Salem community push on a Saturday market with farm produce, honey, crafts, food courts, music, art— Picked up some farm fresh corn and spinach and watched people for a couple of hours. We ate the obligatory fried potato item and drank strong coffee;  good morning.

We pulled into Salem, Oregon, with the COBERLY’S—a month into our trip. Tired. Dirty. Everything filthy. Started today with re-tooling and cleaning/ refurbishing. Did 8 or 9 loads wash, etc.. On the fun side of the scorecard — day (1), we had a late lunch at a local winery. Stone cooked wood fired pizza, salad and beverages. Self guided tour of the nearest grape vines.  We also got a treat with fresh picked berries magically transformed into a pie by Bill Coberly—single handed! Picked, cooked, put in crust, served w ice cream 👍😎 Oh yeah-  Grape vine self tour🥺 Here are a few from past week or so. These caught my eye as decent photographs 

North out of the redwood forests and California  ….On the famous US 101, zig zagging around the cliffs…watching the incredible Oregon coast.  Went to Yachats, cliffs, bays—took hikes with the dogs down to the North Atlantic.  We camped in the Washburne State Park, right on the pristine, deserted beaches. 

Crescent City proper. Camped 3 days.  This was access to the giant redwood forest that people have been singing about and talking about for a couple of centuries.  We also spent some time out on the coast and you can see a lot of the islands and lighthouses and other things which are part of the Crescent City coach line. A lot In camp w Bill and Linda Camping in a redwood forest  Jedediah Smith Redwoods  Camping’ Stump over the road I discipline Sasha as she attempts a coup in the redwoods  Redwood burl Out on islands off Crescent City  Campin and drinking’ vino Cookin More burls Oceanside Crescent City  Marlene and Linda cavorting in redwoods On the beach In da trees

ENROUTE CRESCENT CITY AND GIANT REDWOODS.  Up through California wine country—east of main S.F Bay Area and then hard north, 400+ miles up the famous US-101 Up the coast line on US 101! The redwood forest start to appear as we head into the northern California and crescent city area We had a one stop overnight in Garberville California that was unremarkable but pleasant. This is Marlene on the walk of shame  

A good time was had by all as we visited Vacaville California and dropped into the Fairfield Napa Valley for some wine tasting. Spent some quality time with my sisters and dogs and spouses and it was 4 days that went way too fast. I will do some additional descriptions on these photos when I have better connectivity. On 10 September, pulled into the vineyard camp ground in Vacaville, California - in mid _ afternoon. Drove 3 hours from mountains near Yosemite. Town of note was Groveland and nearby little towns-on Calif 120 down from Yosemite. It all looks like frontier gold rush towns-as if little had changed materially in 180 years. Later - on got together with both sisters and family for delicious BBQ and cold salad! Plus, a lifetime of memories floating around❤️ here for 4 nites so we will - examine the taco situation and wine selections and report back! We cooked out, ate out, hobnobbed, looked at genealogy charts, and went down a lifetime of memory lane.