Historians take note: 40 Years ago today (October 14th) I stuck out my thumb on Rte 20 in Caz and hitchhiked to California again. The geese were flying and Gordon Lightfoot was on the radio. After 5-6 interesting days I arrived in Huntington Beach to spend a week with my Good Cuz Thomas-Nancy Will then up north to Terra Linda to spend a week with Good Cuz Kitty Kennedy. I recall hitching north on Rte 1 that week looking for a place to stay near Bodega Bay when an older woman driving a school bus with 6-7 elementary school kids picked me up and took me north c. 10 miles. We both laughed when a kindergarten boy got off the bus and immediately took a leak. I don't think school buses pick up hitchikers very often today.
I found a boarding house in Tomales owned by artist Byron Randall and stayed there for the winter. Interesting man. Got to know a lot of wonderful people in Tomales. Did a lot of hiking down to the ocean behind the house scaring up Jackrabbits and Black-tailed Deer. Also hiked around Point Reyes National Park. It is a great place. I really enjoyed the natural world along the coast.
Dexter had spent the winter in Central America and in the spring we met up in SF, partied a bit, hitched up to Vancouver and the took the Canadian Pacific for a rowdy party ride back east through the Rockies .The dome car was a hard drinking, guitar strumming sing along every night.
In the 40 years since there has been much laughter, a bit of sorrow, much hard work and few regrets. Thank You Adventure Maker.
I found a boarding house in Tomales owned by artist Byron Randall and stayed there for the winter. Interesting man. Got to know a lot of wonderful people in Tomales. Did a lot of hiking down to the ocean behind the house scaring up Jackrabbits and Black-tailed Deer. Also hiked around Point Reyes National Park. It is a great place. I really enjoyed the natural world along the coast.
Dexter had spent the winter in Central America and in the spring we met up in SF, partied a bit, hitched up to Vancouver and the took the Canadian Pacific for a rowdy party ride back east through the Rockies .The dome car was a hard drinking, guitar strumming sing along every night.
In the 40 years since there has been much laughter, a bit of sorrow, much hard work and few regrets. Thank You Adventure Maker.