In the foothills

I just love Evo’s veranda and have many memories on me sitting there and playing guitar for hours and hours when I first came to the US.

Evo and me started to write music together and founded “Lyquid Amber” playing really new acoustic music.

It is funny how we connect to locations and places and it seems that the memories are directly connected to the smells and shapes that are around us. I remember sitting in the living room with Sheeba, my favorite dog ever all over me snoring loud and being totally comfortable. Now she’s gone but even looking at an empty room brings her back to me:)

Second day driving

Wow, I’m glad Abby made me a warm “Mütze” that I could pull over my head while sleeping. It was bitter cold! Outside everything seemed to be frozen.

I was a little worried about the pass but as soon as the sun came out it heated up and it became a pretty day to drive through the Sisquiyous. I just love that part of California!

My very favorite is actually Mt. Shasta, maybe because you can get so close to it and it dominates the whole valley.

Certainly it makes up for the rather boring part on I5 after Redding. It goes on and on and I’m glad that it gets dark, so I don’t have to look into the flat emptiness.
I’m tired and am looking forward to arriving in the foothills where I stay with my friends Evo & Juliana.

Late Start

This weekend we had a major storm hitting Seattle hard so that we were without power for several days. At first I was upset (as if you can be upset with nature) but then I enjoyed the camping style with propane cooking and stories in candle light.
It also gave me a couple more days in Seattle before I started the drive down to Fresno.

It was still raining when I left and the further I got South the colder it became. It was a long drive to Ashland where I stayed with my good friends Bill and Cat. The temperature dropped drastically and it was 17 degrees fahrenheit when I checked the outside thermometer.
Luckily we had a good wood stove and some warm tea to make up for it.