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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Missed your blog!! Lovely pix of Northern California, nice without all that wind that’s usually up in Bodega! Have fun, lots of rain forecasted but that just adds to the ambiance of that neck of the woods. Keep posting! CHEERS!
Glad to see your blog up and running again. Great scenery photos and the food looks great as usual. Can’t wait to see pics of the Trinidad cottage.
Oh, the highs and lows of being a Red Sox fan!
Hey, hope you all have great weather like Bill and I just had in Oceanside. We had temps in the 80s. Great seeing Michael, Lisa and boys. Glad you are on your trip. Keep blogging….Cindy
On the Road again! Not those tiny twisty Irish roads you negotiate so well, Joe, but a road nonetheless, so enjoy your trip no m atter the weather. I’m sleep deprived from watching those Sox. They gave us 2 great games, one in TX and the 1stat Fenway only to blow last night’s in the 9th. Can’t wait to watch sports back in AZ 2 or 3 hours earlier. C U soooon !
Oh, Bodega Bay – one of my old stomping grounds…. it’s such a quaint little town, and I love it. Haven’t been there for years, so I hope it hasn’t become too touristy.
Enjoy your trip!
Beautiful photos.
Happy and safe travels. We are up at Yellowstone today!