Thu 6 Dec 2007
We finally arrived in California after way too many days traveling. We made the mistake of going the long way, through Portland, and on our first day we were stuck in LaGrande, Oregon, due to a blizzard that closed the freeway. We left for Portland the next day and arrived at my cousin’s house in the late afternoon. We visited Roots Brewery, Portland’s organic brewery, with my sister, and left for California the next day. After stopping in Eugene for some Cozmic Pizza, we arrived in the Golden State, heading deeper into the coastal fog. The fog was so thick that we decided to camp at Patrick’s Point, and stopped in Arcata the next day.
In Arcata we discovered to our dismay that the bus’s temperature was rising, and found a leak in another coolant hose (those things are getting old, after all). We went back into town to replace the hose, and after Sen the grease monkey fixed ‘er up, we were on our way again. Once again stopping at one of our favorite spots from this summer, we had lunch and a beer at Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka. Then we were on the fast track to the Mendocino area, where we hoped to start looking for a place.
Last night we arrived at our friends’ house to a big veggie dinner (yay for cool friends!) and slept in the bus. We picked up the newspapers and scoured them last night, so we’ve been calling around, looking for rentals, and visiting them. Hopefully we can find one soon, although we’ve heard it can take a while to find a place down here. I guess we’re hoping for a miracle, and we’re prepared to do a lot of hard work to get it. Keep your fingers crossed for us and think happy thoughts!