Road Trip, Day Five: Morning at Emerald Forest Cabins.

I think I'd like to move in. Spent a relaxing night at Emerald Forest Cabins in Trinidad.

Highlights: Sweet funky cabin, peeling wallpaper, wood stove, clawfoot tub,

time to slow down, make art, cook a warm meal of mushrooms, kale and beef.

I've been painting mushrooms and enjoying working in watercolors again.

I'd like to bring a large group here and cabin up with everyone, make art,

play games, gawk at trees, go on hikes, and drink mug after mug of warm tea.

Road Trip, Day Four: Trinidad.

Wonder is the word for today and also awe...truly.

Began the day in Bandon, OR beside cranberry bogs and blueberry farms.

Drove into California on the Redwood Highway. 

I found a new religion: Redwood Trees. More pictures tomorrow.

I think I pulled the old Volvo wagon over two dozen times 

to stare in amazement at the sheer beauty of this coastline.

There were beaches to explore, rocks to be collected, 

floating bobs of redwood bark to be rescued from waves.

I arrived in Trinidad in the late afternoon. Fishing boats were floating.

Folks were walking their dogs. Surfers were cresting waves, losing the ride

and getting back up. Crabbers were preparing for a midnight harvest.

The shapes of these rocks are breathtaking, erosion is relentless,

we are all always changing...even the rocks.