2025_07_18

1 Yet another parade of helicopters responding to some bizarre urban crime. [Follow a line from the peak of the eave of the house to the top of the middle image telephone pole and you should see them.]	2 Passing through Bodega bay means stopping at the Tides Wharf and getting a cup o' chowdah.	3 Note to self on future visit: Make the detour to Shell Beach.	4 The newly acquired telescoping ramp to make it easy for the dog to get in and out of the van in camp isn't practical or necessary here. The stump is a nice wide step.	5 It's a tight squeeze to be up where the pavement is level.	6 Another occupant of our site.
7 Local color.	8 Thanks, Alan.	9 Do you see it?	10 Lots of people are saying this is the best headrest.	11 We intend to check out the Coast Kitchen which is part of the Timber Cove Lodge resort.	12 Looks good so far. Friday night mid July and we waltz right in without a reservation.
13 Alan's middle finger looks more like a thumbs up in backlit profile	14 First impressions: not a big menu. Kinda $$$. Given the attempt at high quality in a remote location, we will allow this.	15	16 The by-the-glass menu is separate. Don't ask me why.	17	18
19	20 Gimme three fingers of your finest tap water.	21 Expectations are high. [Reviews of the mussels were mixed.]	22 Black Cod wound up being the unanimous favorite of the table.	23 All three of us were like, he ordered Trout why did they bring him Salmon?	24 One of many gas fire pits here.
25 It wasn't pretty.	26 Random poor placement of a background color makes it look like Alan is holding up two fingers. He is not.	27 High five!	28 Craig is trying to do better at lighting fires than at Foosball.	29 Huzzah.	30 Sweet.
31 We were told the water would be shut off and the bathrooms would be closed for maintenance. Turns out, not so much.	32 This song may have something to do with Alan trying to get others to drink some whiskey with him.