36 hours in heaven

At least close by anyway. Thursday night I looked at Weather Bug and it
was predicting 117 for local temperatures on Saturday. And it was
predicting the sort of rain on Friday that never quite hits the ground
because it is so hot out. Now 117F in quite bad enough thank you without
humidity.

It took about twenty minutes to get Charlie and two grandsons on board for a
road trip and reservations made for Friday night. I knew we would never
find a place to stay at the coast on Saturday night.

Friday we headed west out of the Sacramento Valley. Kayla in her crate in
the back, two grandsons in the back seat. (Two who actually got along with
each other for the entire trip!)

Destination Pacific Ocean. We hit Ft Bragg about 1pm. Temperatures were
over 100F up until the last little bit of the drive. It dropped 30 degrees
in about 30 minutes as we cleared the coast range of mountains.

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many beaches to
choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at the harbour. The
same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years and it only gets better.

Were home, its 8:30 am and already 90 degrees and 45% humidity. Will be
hibernating as soon as I get the sand and salt water washed out of the dog
and clothes and car.

The cats didn't much appreciate their 36 hours of house arrest, but in this
kind of weather it was the best thing for them. They are outside right now,
but I need to get them back in before it gets too hot to go look for them.

Jo

Jo

Sounds wonderful. I miss the California coast. Used to live in San
Francisco and watched
some great sunsets over the Golden Gate Bridge. Now I even settle for
the B.C coast

Winnie

Jo Firey wrote:
At least close by anyway. Thursday night I looked at Weather Bug and it
was predicting 117 for local temperatures on Saturday. And it was
predicting the sort of rain on Friday that never quite hits the ground
because it is so hot out. Now 117F in quite bad enough thank you without
humidity.

It took about twenty minutes to get Charlie and two grandsons on board for a
road trip and reservations made for Friday night. I knew we would never
find a place to stay at the coast on Saturday night.

Friday we headed west out of the Sacramento Valley. Kayla in her crate in
the back, two grandsons in the back seat. (Two who actually got along with
each other for the entire trip!)

Destination Pacific Ocean. We hit Ft Bragg about 1pm. Temperatures were
over 100F up until the last little bit of the drive. It dropped 30 degrees
in about 30 minutes as we cleared the coast range of mountains.

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many beaches to
choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at the harbour. The
same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years and it only gets better.

Were home, its 8:30 am and already 90 degrees and 45% humidity. Will be
hibernating as soon as I get the sand and salt water washed out of the dog
and clothes and car.

The cats didn't much appreciate their 36 hours of house arrest, but in this
kind of weather it was the best thing for them. They are outside right now,
but I need to get them back in before it gets too hot to go look for them.

Jo

Jo

Jo Firey wrote:

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many beaches to
choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at the harbour. The
same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years and it only gets better.

Sounds like a lovely trip, Jo. Glad you had the chance to get out of the
heat.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Jo Firey wrote:

Destination Pacific Ocean. We hit Ft Bragg about 1pm. Temperatures were
over 100F up until the last little bit of the drive. It dropped 30 degrees
in about 30 minutes as we cleared the coast range of mountains.

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many beaches to
choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at the harbour. The
same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years and it only gets better.

I know what you mean! I spent yesterday in the Marin Headlands, a park
area just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, overlooking
the ocean. It was very comfortable outside - maybe 80 degrees, less with
the breezes. I could sit in the sun very happily (although I was covered
with sun block and wore sunglasses and a hat).

This was at a day-long drumming retreat, and many of the workshops
were held outdoors. The first one I went to, on Congolese rhythms, was
in a little firepit area, with rising benches around in a half-circle,
where we students sat with our drums. The view was stupendous - cliffs,
ocean, blue skies, gorgeous rolling hills - as we learned 3-part rhythms
to play together in a complex, rhythmic "harmony".

I'm home today, hiding out in my tiny computer room, with my little
window a/c keeping the temp in the room a comfy 75 degrees F (approx
24C). Roxy's the only cat who has the sense to hang out in here with me.
Licky's under a chair in the living room and won't budge, even though
I've tried to entice him. Smudge is outside today. I wouldn't let her
out yesterday, because I planning to be gone for about 12 hours, and I
thought that was too long to be left out in this heat. But since I'm
home today, and she was *yearning* to get out, I let her out. That way
I can let her back in when she's ready.

Joyce

On 2006-07-23, Jo Firey penned:

Destination Pacific Ocean. We hit Ft Bragg about 1pm. Temperatures
were over 100F up until the last little bit of the drive. It
dropped 30 degrees in about 30 minutes as we cleared the coast range
of mountains.

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many
beaches to choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at
the harbour. The same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years
and it only gets better.

Lovely!

Given the sunburn, I took a Lortab (vicodin) left over from some tooth
problems a while back. The idea was that it would dull my senses so
that the burn wouldn't wake me up every time I shifted. Somehow I
managed to forget (actually, this isn't too surprising as I would only
ever take this vile stuff when trying to sleep; it's too disorienting)
that it makes me itch.

I actually woke DH up because I was jiggling the bed from scratching
my body so much. Hah. So much for a good night's sleep. No rest for
the wicked.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 2006-07-24, penned:

This was at a day-long drumming retreat, and many of the workshops
were held outdoors. The first one I went to, on Congolese rhythms,
was in a little firepit area, with rising benches around in a
half-circle, where we students sat with our drums. The view was
stupendous - cliffs, ocean, blue skies, gorgeous rolling hills - as
we learned 3-part rhythms to play together in a complex, rhythmic
"harmony".

Ooh. I know nothing about drumming, but that sounds fun!

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2006-07-23, Jo Firey penned:

Destination Pacific Ocean. We hit Ft Bragg about 1pm. Temperatures
were over 100F up until the last little bit of the drive. It
dropped 30 degrees in about 30 minutes as we cleared the coast range
of mountains.

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many
beaches to choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at
the harbour. The same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years
and it only gets better.

Lovely!

Given the sunburn, I took a Lortab (vicodin) left over from some tooth
problems a while back. The idea was that it would dull my senses so
that the burn wouldn't wake me up every time I shifted. Somehow I
managed to forget (actually, this isn't too surprising as I would only
ever take this vile stuff when trying to sleep; it's too disorienting)
that it makes me itch.

I actually woke DH up because I was jiggling the bed from scratching
my body so much. Hah. So much for a good night's sleep. No rest for
the wicked.

We just had out weekend bonus. We stopped at the fising boats on the way
out of town and bougnt a Ling Cod. I just made fish and chips with a
cucumber and onion slaw that was really good.

All the talk of buttermilk, I picked up a quart. Used about half to soak
the fish fillets in before putting them in flour , then egg, then bread
crumbs. The chopped up some big baking potatoes and deep fried them.

Now there is laundry to do and dishes to do so I guess the 36 hours in
heaven is over.

Jo

On 2006-07-24, Jo Firey penned:

All the talk of buttermilk, I picked up a quart. Used about half to
soak the fish fillets in before putting them in flour , then egg,
then bread crumbs. The chopped up some big baking potatoes and
deep fried them.

Now there is laundry to do and dishes to do so I guess the 36 hours
in heaven is over.

Doh.

I tried a new recipe last night for seared chicken topped with chunks
of avocado, diced jalepeno, and lime juice. It was okay; not as great
as I was hoping. Also tried a new recipe last night for "Mexican"
cornbread, involving onions, cheese, and canned chiles in the mix.
Pretty good; soggier than I'm used to. The recipe called for an
entire large onion, but after chopping that onion up and looking at
the sheer volume, we went for about half instead.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

Doh.

I tried a new recipe last night for seared chicken topped with chunks
of avocado, diced jalepeno, and lime juice. It was okay; not as great
as I was hoping. Also tried a new recipe last night for "Mexican"
cornbread, involving onions, cheese, and canned chiles in the mix.
Pretty good; soggier than I'm used to. The recipe called for an
entire large onion, but after chopping that onion up and looking at
the sheer volume, we went for about half instead.


Avocado on chicken eh? Never thought of that. I have used lime juice
on chicken, but not
avocado. Have to try that.

Winnie

monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 2006-07-24, Winnie penned:

Avocado on chicken eh? Never thought of that. I have used lime
juice on chicken, but not avocado. Have to try that.

It wasn't bad. The recipe also involved searing chicken that had been
sprinkled with "blackened" seasoning. The "blackened" seasoning I
found has lots of food coloring; I think there must be something
better out there. Although the seasoning *did* taste pretty good.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca