Back Home with Great Memories

I started doodling a map of my summer travels and visualize the circles I went around, up and down  Oregon and California. Guess I didn't have a plan, just enjoyed people, places as it worked out. It was fun having wheels and getting off to places I've always wanted to see. And revisiting favorites. A 20 year old ford got me around, and it handled beautifully on winding back roads. I managed to keep up with traffic on the interstates too. But in cities I got the feeling I was a rat in a maze. And the reward was a parking space. So I am again appreciative of public transit.  I'm happily back in my apartment in Honolulu. Please come visit!

Autumnal Equinox

Autumn has arrived and I've past the one year anniversary of my leaving Newport RI. One week later I left NYC and was in Morocco when superstorm Sandy hit the east coast. My luck continues as I left Oregon in the first major rain and returned to sunny, warm (80 degrees plus) California. Mt. Hood is even more spectacular with a full, fresh cover of snow, but I'll appreciate it only in photos.  Temperatures fall in California too, especially in the wine country, and fog covers the bay area so no stopping there. Meant to post this weeks ago, but have been rolling around California looking for a spot to winter over. It didn't appear so I'm on my way back to Honolulu with certainty of sunshine and warm water to swim.