Sunday, July 31, 2016

Midweek Mendocino

> After hikes in Van Damme, Pigmy Forest, along the bluffs and out to the lighthouse, we went paddling (with the help of a solar motor) and sailing 3 miles up the Big River.
> According to our guide, along with the decimation if the Pomo Indians, there was unregulated logging from 1857-2001. By 2002, people raised 17 million to buy the land and river access from Georgia Pacific to stop the logging and preserve the area. It's a State Park, but now more a sanctuary. It is easy to feel that it is a sacred place.
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Steps and stairs

Stracciatella (chocolate chip gelato) is easily burned off one step at a time.

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