this was thursday, literally the only day without any rain on our trip (seriously, i'm not complaining). and we were ready to take full advantage. this photo was taken on our way to breakfast. our room was only 50 feet from the albion river inn restaurant, but my golly, what a magnificent walk!
after breakfast, we spent a little time taking in the landscape & views. this is a photo of our room taken from in the inn's garden.
a little closer view of our room & deck. i know, amazing!!
turkey vultures were everywhere!!
this was the very first trip without our beloved geeg. i'll be honest, it was tough at times, but we tried to make the best of it by thinking about what she'd be doing during particular moments. for example, in life she was so afraid of heavy rain that we knew, without a doubt, she'd have crawled behind our heads and under our pillows to save herself, just like she always used to!! now i believe she's a beautiful bird. and i am always confirmed any time i see three of them at once...
after a late breakfast, we took hwy 1 for 7 miles to the tiny town of mendocino (i guess i didn't take any pictures on the way up). we walked all around downtown to explore very charming shops, a used bookstore, cute organic market & cemetery. ((next time we come through, we'll check out a few of the b&b's here.)) our ultimate plan was to head up hwy 1 for another 7 miles to the (slightly) bigger town of fort bragg. our only mission: North Coast Brewing Co. they are the purveyors of a few of our favorites: prankster, old rasputin, & old stock. i agreed to be the dd & with that i had a tough decision to make. i went with the 10 oz. prankster. nick's first choice was old stock 2010. after a proper lunch of salami & pesto on foccacia bread (nick), and mushroom-swiss-burger with garlic fries (me), nick decided to have another, this time the brother thelonious. we both marveled at how far this beer has come. it's sweet & complex, and (luckily) available at most local (LA) whole foods markets.
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