Day 1 It was time to put in more miles, our first time in nearly two weeks pushing south for more than 70 miles over a two-day period. But then we would be able to lay up another day to wait out more rain, and still make it to San Francisco a day earlier than… Read more…

The wetness we woke up to on this eternally-wet coast was from actual rain/mist rather than the fog/condensation of the last two days. But it lightened enough and was warm enough (54 degrees!) for me to make coffee and to toast bagels, so with the forecast predicting an early-morning end to the rain, it seemed… Read more…

If you arrive to a wet camp, then go to bed in a wet camp, you’re probably going to wake up in a wet camp. And we did, though we didn’t have dripping inside the tent like we have from some other condensation-heavy nights, and it was warm enough (52 degrees) that we didn’t need… Read more…

Fort Bragg (pop. ~7000) is the biggest town we’ll see until San Francisco, so it was good for AAAA batteries (for my PC’s pen), sewing supplies (to patch holes in my Pendleton shirt’s elbows), and the North Coast brewpub (for our first restaurant lunch in a long time). And a toothbrush. I’ve never bought a… Read more…

Woke up in the Captain’s Quarters around 7:30am and noticed my phone wasn’t on the (satellite) WiFi anymore. My first groggy thought was: wow, they track the guests and disable the WiFi when they’re checking out. Of course, no. Rett solved it a second later when she realized the power was out! So of course… Read more…

Five nights at the Howard Creek Ranch Inn We originally booked three nights at the Howard Creek Ranch, Friday through Sunday, to take shelter from the nearly-continuous rain over that period, with Sunday bringing the record-breakers. Monday promised a break before the last cough of rain Tuesday, which would allow us to continue our hop… Read more…