Visiting the Moormans

Today we took a walk around Mendocino.  What a sweet town!  I really like the small houses up on the bluff, looking out at the Pacific.


This charming house has an upstairs door to nowhere.

Then we drove down CA 1, enjoying a view of the ocean. We switched to CA 128 and were in the redwoods again.  Next we passed into wine country.  We drove by many vineyards.  What a pleasant surprise!  We stopped at Handley Cellars for a tasting and bought some wine to take to the Moormans.


The picture does not show how verdant the fields were.

We continued through small towns to Occidental, where Tommy, DeEtte, and Jones Moorman live.
Trisha, our good friend and Tommy's mother, is visiting them too.  We get to spend the night at their wonderful home in the country.  Tommy and DeEtte have created a peaceful space for exploring and playing.  They have fields and a pond and a hay fort.


Jones and DeEtte paddling on the pond.


George and Trisha atop the hay fort.


George and I are so glad to be here.

Tommy and Jones have made a fire in the fire pit, and DeEtte is preparing dinner, so I am closing this chapter.  We will be able to see stars tonight if we sit outside.