New Valley Hills

The road trip down the Oregon and California coast was refreshing. Cooler sea air and fog made the temperatures bearable.

Avenue of the Giants had me gawping at humongous trees.

I was tickled that the local international airport was named after Charles M. Schulz.

11 days with Joe and Sai is pure bliss of eating, snoozing, socialising, and lounging. Is putting on 6lbs in 11 days a record?

Plums, peaches and apricots eaten off the tree, burgers, Mexican foods, margaritas, beers, local wines, cheeses, and fruit cobblers from Sai’s mum.

I’ve stayed in touch with a few of my fellow hikers. I can follow their adventures via social media. I’ll pop up links to them in a few days so you too can follow along if you wish.

I travel to the UK on the 26th. Looking forwards to being home, and starting next phase of life with Lisa joining me in retirement.

Will I be back to carry on this hiking adventure? TBD.