...California

Laura and Emily at Doran Beach, Sonoma County, California.

Emily enjoyed swinging at Giorgi Park.

Emily balances as she walks atop a log.

We ate lunch at Le Central when we went to San Francisco for the day.

Lanterns above the street in Chinatown.

Signage in Chinatown.

A Chinatown market scene.

A Chinatown mural.

Laura and I rode a tandem bicycle.

Laura and Mrs. Huffy as we started our ride out Dry Creek Road.

Laura and Mrs. Huffy pose with their bikes in front of a vineyard on Dry Creek Road.

We stopped at Dry Creek General Store for a picnic during our ride.

On Tuesday evenings there is always live music in the Healdsburg plaza.

The trombonist.

We met Elsa in Occidental where we ate lunch at Howard's Cafe.

Emily and one of the many statues made of recyclables in Sebastapol.

We ate ice cream at Screamin' Mimi's in Sebastapol.

Okay, so as soon as we got to Billings we knew it would be a while before we wanted to get back in the RV and drive some more.  So we decided, for a number of reasons, to fly on a plane to California.  It was a good decision.

We left Montana and in a matter of two hours we were in California driving through the afternoon traffic to Healdsburg.  Once there we enjoyed a day trip to San Francisco where we ate lunch at Le Central and walked through Chinatown.  We also rented bicycles for a day and made a 13 mile ride along Dry Creek Road.  There is music in the plaza every Tuesday and we enjoyed walking through the crowd and visiting with people along the way.  The following morning we went to Occidental to meet Elsa for lunch.  Then it was on to Doran Beach before stopping in Sebastapol to look at a street lined with statues made of recycled materials and eating ice cream at Screamin' Mimi's.

We flew back to Montana on Thursday after a busy week in...California.