DAVIS CALIFORNIA! I would hate to have to drive around this town. Everyone is biking and not following the driving laws. It makes it impossible to go anywhere in a car without hitting somebody. So for us, it was fun.
This place we slept was called the "domes", and every little dorm room was a small white dome, popping out of the ground, like little UFO's. Every little dorm room was also filled with two little hippies. Pat and Chris were our hosts. Pat had a head full of dread locks and beads, and he was working towards being a math teacher. He gave us a big tour of the grounds and we ate the best plums straight off the tree. We also saw little baby pomagranets forming! Apples, peaches, tomatoes, chard, sunflowers, pumpkins, melons, etc. etc.
With the help of some of their produce, we finished off the rest of out food, all the couscous, pasta and mashed-potatoe-poweder we had left. It was a fabulous feast.
On my birthday, I woke up under a mulberry tree, to Daniela carrying a Starbucks coffee and a bag of bagels! She had woken up at 5 just to sneak out and get them for me!! Then she presented a box full of hazelnut chocolates that had somehow been preserved in her panniers without melting for a week!
On our daily bike ride, we were going through orchards and orchards of almond trees and plum trees. Around noon, we passed by a little creek called Putah Creek. We stopped, ate lunch and jumped in. The water was FREEZING becuase of run off. We climbed up to a tree hanging about 10 feet over the creek and contemplated jumping in. We were in the process of chickening out of jumping in when a motocyclist drove up to our area of creek. Since we were both in our birthday suits, we quickly held hands and made the jump, to avoid being seen.
It was AWESOME! freezing cold and the current quickly whisked us to a log and a messy bank that you had to climb up roots to get to the top.
This place we slept was called the "domes", and every little dorm room was a small white dome, popping out of the ground, like little UFO's. Every little dorm room was also filled with two little hippies. Pat and Chris were our hosts. Pat had a head full of dread locks and beads, and he was working towards being a math teacher. He gave us a big tour of the grounds and we ate the best plums straight off the tree. We also saw little baby pomagranets forming! Apples, peaches, tomatoes, chard, sunflowers, pumpkins, melons, etc. etc.
With the help of some of their produce, we finished off the rest of out food, all the couscous, pasta and mashed-potatoe-poweder we had left. It was a fabulous feast.
On my birthday, I woke up under a mulberry tree, to Daniela carrying a Starbucks coffee and a bag of bagels! She had woken up at 5 just to sneak out and get them for me!! Then she presented a box full of hazelnut chocolates that had somehow been preserved in her panniers without melting for a week!
On our daily bike ride, we were going through orchards and orchards of almond trees and plum trees. Around noon, we passed by a little creek called Putah Creek. We stopped, ate lunch and jumped in. The water was FREEZING becuase of run off. We climbed up to a tree hanging about 10 feet over the creek and contemplated jumping in. We were in the process of chickening out of jumping in when a motocyclist drove up to our area of creek. Since we were both in our birthday suits, we quickly held hands and made the jump, to avoid being seen.
It was AWESOME! freezing cold and the current quickly whisked us to a log and a messy bank that you had to climb up roots to get to the top.
We arrived in Napa that day, the hills were tough but the downs were soooo nice and loopy and steep. It felt like biking a roller coaster!
We walked into a place called the Genoa Delicatessen and Daniela, so pumped about making it, basically, to the coast, just announced "WE JUST BIKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY!"
I am going to stop writing right now, but I'll finish later!
We love to read more on your journey. So interesting and fascinating. First of all Happy birthday Jocelyn !! Congratulation for completing your mission ! That proved how dedicated and determined you both are. It makes us proud to have met you and work together for people and the planet. I am so much encouraged and so all my colleagues in Kathmandu. Daniela, Dr. Singh has started working in KRMEF. We often talk about your event in the USA. Not to mention how grateful and excited we all are. Love to listen to your journey story. Krishna and KRMEF family.
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