Here I go again. I'm leaving this morning for a leisurely trip down Coast Route 1 with a few little byways thrown in to keep it interesting. Perhaps there will be elephant seals on view near San Simeon. I plan to wind up near Moonstone Beach near Cambria tonight. I may check in to the Sand Pebbles Inn or I may camp. Depends. I'll be taking plenty of pictures.

By the way congrats to Michael on a beautiful photo. Please keep them coming. I've always felt he has an unusually sensitive and poetic persona somewhere inside that oh-so-manly exterior.

Hi Maya. Sorry about the pigmeat and all. This seems to be your year to be afflicted with the grosser aspect of carnivory, which you so sweetly abhor.

Persephone: great name.

Michael and Amanda are (forcing) giving me a cell phone for the trip. The number 916 425-0616. I'll check in from time to time so that no one need worry.

I've had beautiful adventures: the Pumpkin Festival, Bonfante Gardens -- more on that later -- the Renaissance Faire. And now its time to go a-wandering again. Love, love, love to all. Grandma V