Phoenix. Next stop: Trinidad!

With Tim, Rose and Kenai

Celebrating Charlie's birthday

One of the best things about Phoenix: indoor baseball!

At journey's end, the car is shipped to Trinidad. Stay tuned!

Palm Springs and Joshua Tree

The last stop of presidential significance: Gerald Ford Drive in Palm Springs

Joshua Tree

California Adventure Park

Nixon Library

With Konrad Adenauer's likeness

The house where Nixon was born is part of the library grounds (in its original location)

Disneyland

Bobsleds

Thunder Mountain

At the Tiki Room

More Tiki Room

Mr. Toad

Reagan Library

With a piece of hardware from the Strategic Defense Initiative

Morro Bay and Santa Barbara

The Fish Man of Morro Bay, California

Seals were frolicking in the bay behind Dan, near the delicious
french dip sandwiches at the Hofbrau restaurant in Morro Bay

These are from the Mission at Santa Barbara

Hearst Castle

The Neptune Pools at Hearst Castle (source of this month's blog banner)

Gate decorated with whimsical little heads

Dan is dwarfed by the dining room fireplace

Hiking in Mt. Diablo

Attempting to create shade just below the peak of Mt. Diablo

Winded but determined, Dan pushes forward

Walking up Telegraph Hill

With Chai at "Tcho" shop

We did not see any wild parrots on Telegraph Hill, but thoroughly enjoyed the greenery in this stairs-only San Francisco neighborhood, not accessible by street

Dan C. takes in the beauty

San Francisco Ferry Terminal

Beautiful Saturday morning at the farmers market

On the pier near us, someone caught a small shark, while a vigilant pigeon watched o'er

Yummy Foods Thus Far

Something we hadn't thought about is that 3+ weeks on the road means a lot of restaurant meals. We have gotten better about sharing main courses and have cut back on dessert.

Some of our favorites have been:

• The hand carved roast beef sandwich at Hofbrau of the Albatross in Morro Bay, CA
• Caramel corn from Cleveland
• The lattes at Vic's in Boulder
  
• The cole slaw at Yank Rin dim sum in San Francisco (I had never had cole slaw at dim sum but it was great)
• This pretzel-chocolate-toffee candy at the Ferry Terminal in San Francisco
• The Hyatt in Lake Tahoe can mix a decent sidecar (after our two years in Jordan - we know that bartending is a skill)
  
• And top of the list would be the cilantro steak sauce Chai made us and the shrimp-polenta appetizer that David cooked
  

Tahoe and Oakland

Chai at Lake Tahoe

These abandoned chairs on the Tahoe beach were perfect for a photo

With "Little" Margaret

Shauna and Charlotte

Mark and Charlotte in their new house!

Walking on the Moon in Idaho

Highway 26 across Idaho was perhaps the most desolate yet.
No coincidence this is the location of EBR1, the world's first atomic power plant.

Craters of the Moon park in Idaho

The ocean of lava flows are beautiful to look at, but were devastating to the early pioneers' wagon wheels. Later settlers were advised to use nearby landmarks to avoid the area altogether.