Andrea looks at a few patterns, finally picked out three different fabrics.
I made a purchase also; it is so hard to narrow it down!
We had looked forward to lunch at the Eatery. Very good food. Andrea was the smart one, ordering just a small cup of clam chowder so she would have room for the blackberry cobbler--warm and delicous!
Tony and Andrea on the beach
and here we are too.
Cary looks too.
Tony takes it all in.
Looking out on the harbor
One of the really neat little used book stores in Old Town
We met the Finneys at the Lost Coast Brewery for lunch. They all had fish and chips, while I enjoyed a spinach and portobello quesadilla. Oh, and the guys forced themselves to try one of the beers brewed there.
One more fabric store before we returned to the trailer. Isn't this the cutest little dog? And his name is Bentley! He has a bandage on a back leg; he got tangled up with a feral mama cat under his owner's porch. She reported that he was a free pup, but the vet bill was $500! He looks totally worth it to me. And, yes, I found several pieces of fabric there too.
Andrea has her, "Darn, the fabric store is closed today!" look. It is the Itty Bitty Quilt Shop, and it, like most of the restaurants in town, is closed on Mondays! I look at it as money saved.
The designer of these floral pins is very trustworthy. She has a slot where you slip in the money if you purchase one of her creations!
Tony browses the kinetic museum. Each year these vehicles have a race in town. It's a small town!
More sights in a small town
This little Mexican restaurant was open and the food was delicious, the service wonderful. We went on to the cheese factory in Loleta, stopped at an Ace Hardware for some screws, and the RV service center back in Eureka to get the owner's idea of a solution to our problem. Cary is struggling with it now as I type. Wish us luck!
As we drove up the coast we passed this Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival. I was not at Woodstock, but this reminds me of what it might have been like (mini-version). We seem to go by it every year. We were glad they were not just exiting the grounds, or we may have had to sit there a long time!
And here is Cary at the Shoreline RV in Eureka. We have been to the grocery store, toured some of the town so Tony and Andrea could get an idea of it, and made some tentative plans for the next few days.
We passed the Infineon Race Track on our way north.
Here at the KOA in Willets, not our first plan, but it worked out well. The park at Healdsburg on the Russian River didn't really suit our needs--lots of partying going on--so we drove a few more hours to Willets. Lots of kids, but quiet hours from 10-7. We are quite comfortable, will probably need a blanket tonight.
Walking around
Andrea is finally using her camera!
Today we drove about six hours, lunch at a truck stop and discovered the top drawer in the kitchen had shaken loose during the bumpy ride around Bakersfield. Cary and Tony managed to get it out. He now has it fixed, about 20 minutes into being here in Patterson. I hope I can get another picture of the four of us later.
