by PeterMurtagh-user | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog
June 2nd 2023, Ilwaco, Washington state I scooted up Interstate 5 and went straight through, or rather past, the Oregon capital, Portland. My loss, I expect, but I just couldn’t see any reason to delve into another city, so I kept on going — crossing the...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Jun 1, 2023 | Blog
May 28th 2023, Sunset Cove, Oregon. Oregon is the America of my youthful memory. It was fashioned in my mind in dentist and doctor’s waiting rooms where lying about as distractions to make the time pass were copies of National Geographic magazine. And in those...
by PeterMurtagh-user | May 31, 2023 | Blog
I left David and Shao-ying revitalised and full of optimism about life and people and the way ahead. My mood was helped when, a fellow in Mendocino said that a guy who ran a bike shop beside the gas station in Arena — “He’s great; knows about...
by PeterMurtagh-user | May 29, 2023 | Blog
May 19th 2013, Anchor Bay, California. The coast of central California as one progresses north takes one’s breath away. Ragged with cliffs and inlets, the Pacific — blue and sparkling on this sunny , early summer day — has carved out bay after little...
by PeterMurtagh-user | May 24, 2023 | Blog
May 17th 2023, San Francisco. San Francisco is ridiculously beautiful. At every turn, up every hill, across every vista by the bay, the city is just stunning. And it is not a strained, forced beauty. It is not beating you over the head like, say, Hollywood —...
by PeterMurtagh-user | May 24, 2023 | Blog
May 17th 2023, San Francisco. If you’re staying on Lombard, the best place to have breakfast is Mel’s Drive-in Diner at Cow Hollow. It’s at the bottom end of the street, the Marina end, which itself leads onto San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge...
