The 1500 Mile Honeymoon

1456 miles. Five days. Portland to Russian River Valley via Grants Pass and the Northern California Coast. Got the Paul Etter college tour. Camped the first night at Patrick's Point State Park in Humbolt overlooking the ocean. Got coffee at Daybreak Inn in Arcata (where Humboldt State is) before making our way to Sebastapol in the Russian River Valley for wine tasting with Rachel and Justin. Stayed up there on Saturday night. On Sunday we all headed back to San Francisco. Ken and I went on our own to see the city.... sausalito, fisherman's wharf, drove down lombard street. The ultimate tourists' tour. I also proceeded to freak out and cry about all the changes going on... scared about buying a house, new job, etc. Ken and I talked about it -- I'm fine now, but for those of you who think we're doing this without being nervous, think again (taryn, this is for you). Had dinner with Rachel, Arthur and Arthurs "lady-friend" (Liz) on Sunday night at an awesome noodle place. Arthur was asked to leave for making out in the restaurant. Wow. Did anyone just buy that? Ok, that didn't happen, but the rest did. Stayed at Rachel's on Sunday night and made our way to Berkeley on Monday morning via Tartine Bakery (awesome pastries and coffee in the Castro). Highly recommend that place, although it gets very crowded. In Berkeley we went to the Cheeseboard and to a handmade pasta place (Phoenix Pastificio.... Hawkins, it was the place from where the brochure I gave you came). Between the two places, we got fresh grated parmesan cheese, some parsley & garlic bucchetti (eggless spaghetti that I'm sure I spelled wrong) and fresh puttanesca sauce to eat that night for dinner. Yum. Made it to Harris Beach on the Oregon Coast (where we camped Monday night) with a stopover in Leggett to drive through a redwood tree (we have pictures).

In all, it was very fun but we're really happy to be home(less). We're back in that internet cafe now... figuring everything out from bus schedules to insurance. Lots of paperwork, but this all has been totally worth it. We can't wait until we can move into the house.

Many thanks to Rachel for her always awesome hospitality, Arthur for driving into the city to meet us, and always to the Church's for giving us a place to stay before and when we got back from our honeymoon.

Home inspection tomorrow! No whammies. Pretty pretty please.

-L