June 6 - Arlo Time!

Since Shannon is working today, I left Sacramento early morning to spend the day with Arlo. Bill brought the TV up to our spot at Nevada County Fairgrounds. 

On the drive up the 80, the sky and the pines caught my eye. 

My time with Arlo was fun.we sat outside for awhile until the sun was too warm in the pavilion. Even though it’s at least 10 degrees cooler, the sun is still hot. 

Here is a photo of Arlo having lunch. Love watching him eat yogurt. Think any got in his mouth??

His hair is so long that I tried to get it out of his face with ponytails, which I accomplished, but the look wasn’t his best. The girls always said I would never be a hair stylist!  

June 5 - 100+degree temps! River cats Baseball

While we were in Sacramento with Drew and Erin, Shan on sent this video of Arlo. He’s very proud of himself. 

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Yes, is over 100 degrees, but it’s dry heat, right!!??  It doesn’t matter, it’s HOT. 

Drew and Erin invited us to a Rivercats game. We thought it would be too hot but decided to go have a beer and nachos and then leave, since Drew was still celebrating his birthday!  Notice his birthday crown

They sat on the grass under some big trees and there was a breeze. It was really quite comfortable. So, we stayed for the whole game. Met Drew’s grad student Samantha. A fun night. 

June 4 - Drew’s Birthday and Wine

For Drew’s birthday, we went to Ashes and Diamonds, one of the wine clubs they belong to in Napa. Even though the temperature was over 100 degrees, we were able to sit outside under a shaded area. 

After a tasting and a charcuterie board, we made the hard choices of what to buy and headed to our next part of the celebration, an oyster bar. 

Momentous day for me, had my first raw oyster and it was yummy. 

The drive back to Sacramento during rush hour was slow so I took a photo of the flowers along the median. Drew says they bloom all spring and summer. They are stunning. 

They are oleander bushes. After looking them up, they are poisonous. Guess not too many people stop along the very busy highway to sniff them!

Back at Drew and Erin’s we had a lesson on eating with chopsticks. We may loose a lot of weight if this is the utensil we use.  

Happy Birthday, Drew. So glad we were able to celebrate with you. 

June 3 - Back in Sacramento

We left Chacewater Winery and Oil Mill in Philo and mosied down the road to Sacramento. 

A few of the sites we saw along the way. We think this is a rice paddy. Need to ask Drew to make sure. 

This is broken blue glass bottles that is in a median strip on the freeway. 

Once we got back to Cal Expo, we did some of the mundane things of life, laundry and a little cleaning. 

Then Erin picked us up and we went to the best Chinese restaurant, Journey to the Dumpling. Erin ordered 8 dishes for us all. They were all so tasty. 

What a nice way to start Drew’s birthday celebration. 

June 2 - More Curvy roads to our next Harvest Host

While still at Brashley Winery, we took a short walk around their property. Saw these beautiful blooming bushes … a California Buckeye. 

They grow large here. 


The winery has several games, corn hike and disc golf. We decided to play a couple games of cornhole. Not going to mention who won but it wasn’t the writer of this blog. 

It was time to move on to our next Harvest Host, Chacewater Winery and Olive Mill.  More twisty and windy roads with wineries on either side of the road. 

We tasted at least eight wines and eight olive oils. We liked several of both so decided to join their wine club and buy several bottles of wine and oil. Our shipment from the wine club will come in September. 

Olive trees

Our evening stroll was among the olive trees. 

As we drove south and east away from the coast, our view is of olive trees and mountains. Notice the cloudy skies. First ones we’ve seen for weeks. 

June 1 - Morning at the beach and winery in the afternoon

A great way to wake up, waves crashing and the sun rising on the ocean. 

Hear the and see the waves: https://youtube.com/shorts/h5aKclmRUZE?si=4JhjJOCIC0ot37ov

Time for coffee. 

Left this little piece of heaven and continued for about 12 miles on twisty, windy road. 

Saw a sign for Pacific Star Wineryj. The RV had to turn in, even though our next camping spot is at a winery, this one is right on the ocean. 

This is our spot while we wait for the winery to open. 

More ocean sounds. 

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On to our Harvest Host place for tonight’s test - Brashley Vinyard in Philo, CA. What a great find. The wines were delicious and Shawn, our wine server told us about their different wines and I think we had about 12 different tastes. Great afternoon. Met a couple from the Bay Area who were lots of fun. Another couple who were also camping with us told us about another Harvest Host on our way back to Sacramento.  

May 31 - Curves Ahead - Route 1 - Westport-Union State Park

We left the Big Lagoon campground and continued south to take Route 1. We’ve heard about this route but this will be our first time on it  

No one can prepare you for this road unless they took a video. Bill’s brother, Lew, said oh you can make that. It’s easy. I think he’s trying to get back at Bill for something in their childhood 😜

There were twists and turns every 200 yards and some you turns were u-turns. Top speed was 30 MPH. This is a picture of our GPS with some of the turns. 

Most of the way was through forests of pine and redwoods. We knew the ocean was on our right side but there was a mountain of trees there. 

Then just when you wonder if we’ll see the ocean, it opens up to this

We are camped at the top of the cliff overlooking the ocean at Westport-Union State Park. CRAZY! Something I’ve always wanted to do. 

We had a fire and s’mores with the couple camping next door. They are from Redding and come here when the temperature rises to 100 degrees!!!  Perfect place to come. 

Sunset over the ocean wasn’t as spectacular as I had hoped because the sun dropped in the fog.