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Musings of a motorcycling author. This is the personal site of author Linda Raven Moore, and home to the White Raven Awards.
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On the road again
We spent the night at Flying J, and are now on the road again, heading home. Finally. The transmission is still sick (as one would expect; it’s not like they miraculously heal), and we’ll decide what to do about it tomorrow. In other n...
Clean me
Some wit had inscribed messages in the dirt of each window. “Clean me” is the classic, but one should also beware of entering, and enjoy the smiley face. The people of Lodi make their own fun. ;)...
Back to the National Register
I am spending my afternoons working on offline stuff as Don works on online stuff. Here, I’m working on the National Register of Historic Places along with the Canadian Sites of Historic Significance. By the time we get home all the fine-tuni...
Rain storm
Much-needed rain came gushing down in a literal flood these last few days. We holed up at Dos Reis park in Lathrop, a cute little county park with full hookups where I was able to catch up on my work for a few days....
Cat and mouse
Gracie is playing a game of cat and mouse. :: smirk :: There wasn’t much going on that night, and I hadn’t been using my camera during the day, so I took a picture of my cat, instead. :)...
An exquisite scent
Whatever these blossoms are, they smell heady and wonderful at night, a rare glimpse of beauty in an otherwise truly grim month....
Bart
Three weeks ago I was riding this same Bart line, and now I’m riding past it....
Road to nowhere
We’re on a road to nowhere Come on inside Takin’ that ride to nowhere We’ll take that ride Sure is starting to feel that way....
Green, green grass of not-home
We left on our way north again. The countryside above King City is starting to be lusciously green with the wonderful first rush of spring. It doesn’t stay this fresh for long, but while it does, it’s glorious. ...
People-watching in SLO
I took this picture of the line for the theater, snaking down the block in an old-fashioned Chinatown still equipped with its original “Chop Suey” signs. None of them knew I was there, in the parking garage. I met with my long-time Boo...
A different kind of beach
Whereas at previous campgrounds we had to walk to the ocean, here at Refugio State Beach we could hear the crash of waves from our space. The pretty little cove was ringed about with palm trees, and the beach was full of pelicans and gulls when I w...
On the road again
Having weathered the storm and felt ready to move on again, we headed off up highway 1. The scenery is sublime, but best enjoyed from north to south, with the sea right there on your side. I’ve learned to trust my instincts on when to move o...
Prickly pear
I took a different route this morning, and walked up through a field of prickly pear. It looks as though the plants are just about to burst into flower. This must be a gorgeous place to be when that happens....
Feather
This gull feather dropped down to my feet as I sat on the beach again this morning. Yeah, okay, so I think she was trying to tell me something. “Hello,” maybe....
Gull
This gull — a herring gull, I think — was my constant companion on the beach as I sat and contemplated the nature of the universe. She seemed unafraid by my presence and stuck around for almost half an hour. Perhaps she was trying to t...
Looking out to sea
Looking out to sea the day after a major rain storm. We holed up at one of the state parks in Southern California for a few days, to let the storms pass and recover a little....
Malibu sunset, and a PSA
Here’s the sun setting into the Pacific ocean, near Malibu. It was the first time I’d seen the sea in over a year. Now, I want to tell you a story. Today, we said goodbye to somebody we loved very much indeed. Don’t ever wait, o...
Kikirikee
Kikirikee is the Slovene name for “cockadoodledoo” and the generic name for a cockerel. I’ve never been to an RV park where killer attack chickens roam freely. Nor have I been woken up at any park by a cockerel crowing. It’...
Exotic Newcastle poultry disease
I don’t know what’s funnier: Seeing a sign about chicken disease at a highway rest stop, or seeing the words “exotic” and “Newcastle” in the same sentence....
Commute traffic sucks
Here we are, enjoying the commute on southbound 101. I don’t miss commuting. I don’t miss city traffic. You know what? If you’re dancing in traffic with an RV, don’t cut in front of us. We don’t brake as effectively a...
Nothing in particular
Found one!
Found one! It was nice to be in an area with well-stocked bookshops again, though the traffic in the Bay Area still sucks. This is Becky Cochrane’s new book, and it was even faced out at Barnes & Noble in San Jose. You should buy this bo...
Web
In search of a place to stay overnight, we ended up committed to a road incredibly unsuited for an RV. At the top, 2600′ up, was an old historic ranch and what would presumably have been amazing views if it hadn’t been foggy. But I did ...
A grim sense of satisfaction
Some while ago a few of you may remember that we lost our home because the mobile home park owner sold us out so the land could be developed into townhomes. Today we went back to Sunnyvale for the first time in over a year. Yeah, that’s whe...
Pratchetts
I had a lot of Pratchett books in storage, and now they’re adding weight to the RV. I registered the lot tonight and am going to send them to a teacher who’ll be starting a school library with them and other Book Crossing donations....
A meringue-shaped cloud
Trundling through the back streets of San Joaquin County, I spotted this cloud and figured it looked like a meringue....
Waiting
My catch-up day turned into an offline catchup day as the satellite web decided to stop working in the roughly half-hour between going to dump tanks and pay for a second night and returning to our spot. I still got quite a lot done. And had a pret...
Peace and quiet
After over a week of rushing around, it was nice to sit still and see green, pretty stuff out the window....
Farewell, Sacramento
Almost surreal
This photo is almost surreal. We’re headed down I-5, pulling over to Central Valley which is just north of Redding. The scenery and clouds are just incredible to say it’s a freeway. I’ve taken a shot in this exact same place befo...
