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[Mark Darley]

Andy,

Yes, I left toward the back, and then I stopped at the top of the drop  
down to Bolinas to photograph the cars as they came by in the fog and  
redwoods, and only a couple passed.  I thought I was last as I dropped  
off the ridge, but when I came up toward Olema a couple of cars came  
up fast behind me.  (I think they took the Bolinas Lagoon road.)  I  
waved them right toward San Anselmo, and then went on ahead to  
Inverness to get my gin fizz at the Inverness Yacht Club New Years Day  
party!

Then I rolled gently home in pouring rain hoping the windsceen wipers  
would continue to work.  They did (though they developed a squeak) and  
I arrived home remarkably dry, mostly because I wore my full length  
raincoat that kept the drips off my knees.  I will be using duck tape  
to deflect water over the roof next time, as it seems to get forced up  
the windscreen and then under the leading edge of the roof.  It really  
wasn't too bad, but I was a little nervous that a drip or two might  
find their way through the dash and onto the electrics and result in  
one of those famous Lucas electric failures.

All in all a good day, but I plan to avoid the wet stuff when I get  
the chance!

St Orrs may be my choice both for an inexpensive room, and supper.   
Many years ago when Suzanne was pregnant with my daughter, Miranda, we  
rented a great cottage on the cliffs in Gualala, and went to St Orrs  
for supper.  At the end of the meal we discovered that we had both  
failed to bring wallets.  In a wonderful demonstration of coastal  
hospitality, they just told us to drop in and pay the next time we  
were passing by, which we did two days later.  They won my future  
business that day!

Cheers
Mark


Mark Darley
markdarley at mac.com
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