So we took off up the California coast, spending about a week stopping at Big Sur, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Arcata, Mendocino Nat'l Forest, and the Redwoods. Of course it was all absolutely BEAUTIFUL. We visited amazing buddies and their cute little kids, and saw some of the most amazing scenery in the universe.
Next we headed up to Oregon for the silliest welcome any state could give us- the Oregon Country Fair. At what is apparently the 'mama of all hippie festivals', we saw all kinds of silly spectacles, including: all kinds of naked and costumed hippie marching bands, an accordion performance about vegetables & animals where the whole crowd was coerced into singing, spinning around, and tickling each other, stilt walkers, puppet shows, theater, acrobatics, a butterfly king, a clarinet player wearing a fez and a rat nose, a woman with a stuffed butt, men in tutus, fake elephants and dragons, old men in pig costumes, old rag time music, a herd of gnomes carrying a giant fake fish, a million naked folks, and more goofy costumes than one can imagine.
We made some great friends in eugene and portland, visited others, and then took off up to the farm in Washington. We got to the farm yesterday, thus completing the first leg of our great adventure! It has been a great success, everything has been totally super awesome and absolutely nothing went wrong whatsoever. My car didn't have any problems at all, we had tons of fun visiting friends & making new ones, saw a million beautiful places, willow only freaked out a million times, Belinda and i made it out here with out beating each other up, and none of us got eaten by bears even a little bit.
Judy wants to know if that is Moonstone Beach - if so it is about a mile from where she grew up and was the beach where she rode her horse. The picture of Willow on the beach made her homesick.
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