On the Move

Heading south from Gualala along California’s spectacular coast today required close attention, as yesterday, to twisty turny uppy downy cliff-hugging roads, but also to increasing automobile and cycling traffic as I neared San Francisco. Today is Saturday, the weather is beautiful and northern Californians must have been itching to get out and about.

Highway 101 south of Eureka is a four lane divided road, easy, fast, not a whole lot of traffic. When I turned off onto Highway 1 at Leggett to head over to the coast,  things changed dramatically. There was almost no traffic  along Highway 1 which contributed to a feeling of isolation but also of…

There was quite a change in the weather today – misty over the water and so softly lovely. I drove south out of Oregon and into northern California. The georgaphy changed along the way which kept the drive interesting.

Early morning Seaside is very quiet. One of the many good things about Oregon’s Pacific Coast, it is easy to social distance. Such huge beaches, so few people, thankfully unlike those horrific photos from Florida and Brooklyn showing sun bathers cheek by jowl.

Before starting out on this COVID road trip, I read that the safest part of any journey involving air travel is the flight, that the big risks are travel to and from the airport, as they tend to involve others in close quarters. Today I can testify to that! The Vancouver Airport was virutally empty,…

Now might not seem like the ideal time to embark on a road trip from Vancouver to San Francisco, but the time has come to take a deep breath and head on out. My daughter and her family are in need of an extra pair of hands and some spice in their life (🙃), and…