So, finally, we are back. Alas, Ireland was cancelled again and rescheduled to April 2022. So we are off on a Road Trip to Depoe Bay once again.

Monday 10/18

An uneventful Interstate-free drive to Bakersfield, California via Wickenburg, Parker, 29 Palms, and Barstow. We had another great takeout dinner from Nuestro Mexico, the best Mexican seafood restaurant north of the Baja. Best ceviche ever. The Marriott Springhill Suites didn’t get FS1, so we couldn’t watch the Red Sox game. Bummer! We kept up via the computer but couldn’t watch live

Tuesday 10/19

Another driving day, this time mostly on Interstate 5 and then Interstate 580 north through California. We passed through downtown Oakland before crossing into Marin and then Sonoma County. Our destination for the day was Bodega Bay, California for a night at Bodega Bay Lodge. Before checking in we had a late lunch at Fisherman’s Cove Restaurant in Bodega Bay. This was our main meal for the day. Best clam chowder ever (said Elaine)! Then she had calamari and chips. And I had the best crab sandwich ever!

We did a short nature walk and then stopped at a little store and bought cheese and crackers to go with out gimlets and wine in the room at the Lodge. Quiet night. Again, no FS1 so no Red Sox. Kinda glad we missed that terrible ninth inning!

A few pictures follow at the end.

Tomorrow we head to Trinidad, California where we will spend four nights. The weather has been great but the forecast is dire through Saturday – big front going through. We’ll see what happens.

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