36 hours in heaven

At least close by anyway. Thursday night I looked at Weather Bug and it
was predicting 117 for local temperatures on Saturday. And it was
predicting the sort of rain on Friday that never quite hits the ground
because it is so hot out. Now 117F in quite bad enough thank you without
humidity.

It took about twenty minutes to get Charlie and two grandsons on board for a
road trip and reservations made for Friday night. I knew we would never
find a place to stay at the coast on Saturday night.

Friday we headed west out of the Sacramento Valley. Kayla in her crate in
the back, two grandsons in the back seat. (Two who actually got along with
each other for the entire trip!)

Destination Pacific Ocean. We hit Ft Bragg about 1pm. Temperatures were
over 100F up until the last little bit of the drive. It dropped 30 degrees
in about 30 minutes as we cleared the coast range of mountains.

It was wonderful. Clear skies. Sunsets to die for. Too many beaches to
choose from. Clam chowder and fish and chips right at the harbour. The
same place we've gone to eat for thirty five years and it only gets better.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Lovely!

Given the sunburn, I took a Lortab (vicodin) left over from some tooth
problems a while back. The idea was that it would dull my senses so
that the burn wouldn't wake me up every time I shifted. Somehow I
managed to forget (actually, this isn't too surprising as I would only
ever take this vile stuff when trying to sleep; it's too disorienting)
that it makes me itch.

I actually woke DH up because I was jiggling the bed from scratching
my body so much. Hah. So much for a good night's sleep. No rest for
the wicked.

Marina...

Sounds like a lovely trip, Jo. Glad you had the chance to get out of the
heat.

Were home, its 8:30 am and already 90 degrees and 45% humidity. Will be
hibernating as soon as I get the sand and salt water washed out of the dog
and clothes and car.

The cats didn't much appreciate their 36 hours of house arrest, but in this
kind of weather it was the best thing for them. They are outside right now,
but I need to get them back in before it gets too hot to go look for them.