Mendocino - land of good air

Wayne and I try to get to Mendocino as often as we can. Just a couple of weeks ago we went for part of the Mendocino Music Festival, which is a two week deal. We could only stay three days. And we also went to breathe some great air.

Mendocino has the best air. One time we were sitting on the back patio of a restaurant there having lunch, and Wayne turned to me. "I can breathe just great", he said. "This air is amazing." And it was. We really hadn't thought about how bad the air has become in the Bay Area, but once we got out here in the pristine 'wilderness', i.e. around more water than vegetation and/or buildings and cars, we couldn't help but notice. Both of us could breathe freely, whereas at home we are both stuffed up most of the time.

We talked about moving to Mendocino, because it is beautiful and we can breathe. But we are already many miles from our kids, from our family. If we were there we would be even further away, and much more inaccessible. Mendocino is what it is because it's darned hard to get to and pretty isolated. So we've decided to visit as often as we can.

Here's where we stayed this last time, MacCallum House. How fun it was, and also one of the best places to eat in town. It has an adorable bar too, and that's always a hit with me!





Here's our room, which was a child's playhouse in the late 1800's. Loved it.










And a gorgeous tree, which was in the front garden near the blue Adirondack chairs. Mendocino is sooooo relaxing!