{"id":1099,"date":"2017-04-26T10:13:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2024-01-13T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T17:16:45","slug":"travels-with-caroline-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=1099","title":{"rendered":"Travels With Caroline &#8211; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had an uneventful drive south from Leggett to Mendocino.\u00a0 The weather cleared up as the drive went on, turning into a beautiful day on the California coast.\u00a0 As we approached the turn to downtownMendocino, this view assaulted our senses:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mendocino bay 1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Imendocino-bay-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mendocino bay 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We arrived in Mendocino about lunch time and starving, so our first stop was the Goodlife Cafe and Bakery.\u00a0 A sign on the front door welcomed us, saying the Cafe welcomes all races, creeds, colors, genders and sexual persuasions, all were safe there.\u00a0 We felt good about ourselves and entered confidently.\u00a0 The food was excellent.\u00a0 Fortified and safe, we ventured out to explore Mendocino.<\/p>\n<p>Some views from around the town.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mendocino bench cham texture signed.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Imendocino-bench-cham-texture-signed.jpg\" alt=\"Mendocino bench cham texture signed\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mendocino pond and towe signedr.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Imendocino-pond-and-towe-signedr.jpg\" alt=\"Mendocino pond and towe signedr\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"museum and water tower - Mendocino.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Imuseum-and-water-tower-Mendocino.jpg\" alt=\"Museum and water tower Mendocino\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Entertaining the kids.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Entertaining the kids - Mendocino.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IEntertaining-the-kids-Mendocino.jpg\" alt=\"Entertaining the kids Mendocino\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking it easy in a bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"what you do in a bookstore.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Iwhat-you-do-in-a-bookstore.jpg\" alt=\"What you do in a bookstore\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This nice lady is homeless, begging for lunch money<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"homeless lady- Mendocino.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ihomeless-lady-Mendocino-1.jpg\" alt=\"Homeless lady Mendocino\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I painted this as we walked by.\u00a0 Another example of fake news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mendocino alley impression signed.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Imendocino-alley-impression-signed.jpg\" alt=\"Mendocino alley impression signed\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This lovely model posed for me on the bluff.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Caroline in Mendocino.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ICaroline-in-Mendocino.jpg\" alt=\"Caroline in Mendocino\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mendocino does have a church or two.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mendocino cburch nik_.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Imendocino-cburch-nik_.jpg\" alt=\"Mendocino cburch nik\" width=\"598\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After Mendocino, we returned to Ft. Bragg, 10 miles north where we were spending the night.\u00a0 We had dinner at a hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant, Luna&#8217;s Trattoria.\u00a0 The food was excellent and the service was just as good.\u00a0 We then went to see the sunset at Glass Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"caroline at glass beach.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Icaroline-at-glass-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Caroline at glass beach\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"old man on glass beach.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Iold-man-on-glass-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Old man on glass beach\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"glass beach signed.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Iglass-beach-signed.jpg\" alt=\"Glass beach signed\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"glass beach sunset nik soft colors.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Iglass-beach-sunset-nik-soft-colors.jpg\" alt=\"Glass beach sunset nik soft colors\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"glass beach driftwood.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Iglass-beach-driftwood.jpg\" alt=\"Glass beach driftwood\" width=\"599\" height=\"387\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next morning we headed south to San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had an uneventful drive south from Leggett to Mendocino.\u00a0 The weather cleared up as the drive went on, turning into a beautiful day on the California coast.\u00a0 As we approached the turn to downtownMendocino, this view assaulted our senses: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=1099\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}