June 08 2006
Josie and I say sad farewells to Ted and Raechel after some shipping complications (do not use Euro-Transport International!!!!) and embarked on our Journey. Our standby United airlines tickets are all successful and we hope we may be over our bad luck. First class seats out of Burlington, Vermont treats us to a nice breakfast and comfortable ride to Chicago. Economy class from Chicago to San Francisco in the biggest plane I have ever been in, with a second floor!! We are glad to not be stuck in Chicago our only stop with no friends. Denny and Kelly, Josie’s friends from Penn State University, pick us up from the airport and take us on a “tiki”(scenic) tour of San Francisco an amazing place, where New Zealand trees grow and everything else on the planet also. Our tour checks in at the Haight district. The Haight district is a place best known for the Musicians that have lived there. Including the Greatful dead, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane. The district is alive with colourful people and stores. Very impressive “op” (thrift) stores and Sensual bling. I picture Brian Malley loving this place and it’s furry g-strings. We find a 2$ happy hour and sample local brews then head for the Coast. The Golden Gate bridge is very impressive and the winding road to the coast makes you queasy. The coast line is stunning and made me feel right at home. We drive North up the coast to our friends home not far from Santa Rosa. The drive reminds me of the importance of invasive species control and that darn “olds mans beard” (tree killing moss) Nevertheless the landscape is gorgeous, with enormous trees and rolling hills. An albino deer runs across the road in front of our car a good omen, hopefully our luck has turned.
June 09 2006
Today we head off to the Harmony festival where Denny and Kelly have stands, it is warming up and looks to be a fun day.
June 12, 2006
The Health and Harmony festival in Santa Rosa was a blast. Denny and Kelly had side by side booth’s which we used as a home base. We saw some great music the Finale with Michael Franti and spearhead was a very appropriate final act a conscious message and good vibes. Other Festival highlights include “Mojow and the Vibration Army” (see picture) a Duo consisting of a very tall red head guy with a saxophone and a music pedal strapped to each hip, a battery powered amp in a cart that dragged along behind. He was accompanied by a dancing woman the music a very repetitive beat mixed with du-wops, they traveled the fairgrounds grooving to the diners and shoppers. A culinary Showcase, an area full of free food samples, a goddess area filled with spiritual and cosmic crystals and magicians, a world bazaar area of ethnic wares, eco-village with alternative’s for living and conservation, 7or 8 stages and a lot of Fun people. Zero, Sol Horizon, Serendipity project and others rocked the stage. A lot of fun.
Today Josie and I are going for a wander through some Redwoods and then tonight we fly out for Sydney to stay with Deborah, hope I don’t get lashed with Jet lag we have some homeopathic tablets for that. The pollen has affected me pretty badly here, but homeopathies have helped a lot.
Josie and I say sad farewells to Ted and Raechel after some shipping complications (do not use Euro-Transport International!!!!) and embarked on our Journey. Our standby United airlines tickets are all successful and we hope we may be over our bad luck. First class seats out of Burlington, Vermont treats us to a nice breakfast and comfortable ride to Chicago. Economy class from Chicago to San Francisco in the biggest plane I have ever been in, with a second floor!! We are glad to not be stuck in Chicago our only stop with no friends. Denny and Kelly, Josie’s friends from Penn State University, pick us up from the airport and take us on a “tiki”(scenic) tour of San Francisco an amazing place, where New Zealand trees grow and everything else on the planet also. Our tour checks in at the Haight district. The Haight district is a place best known for the Musicians that have lived there. Including the Greatful dead, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane. The district is alive with colourful people and stores. Very impressive “op” (thrift) stores and Sensual bling. I picture Brian Malley loving this place and it’s furry g-strings. We find a 2$ happy hour and sample local brews then head for the Coast. The Golden Gate bridge is very impressive and the winding road to the coast makes you queasy. The coast line is stunning and made me feel right at home. We drive North up the coast to our friends home not far from Santa Rosa. The drive reminds me of the importance of invasive species control and that darn “olds mans beard” (tree killing moss) Nevertheless the landscape is gorgeous, with enormous trees and rolling hills. An albino deer runs across the road in front of our car a good omen, hopefully our luck has turned.
June 09 2006
Today we head off to the Harmony festival where Denny and Kelly have stands, it is warming up and looks to be a fun day.
June 12, 2006
The Health and Harmony festival in Santa Rosa was a blast. Denny and Kelly had side by side booth’s which we used as a home base. We saw some great music the Finale with Michael Franti and spearhead was a very appropriate final act a conscious message and good vibes. Other Festival highlights include “Mojow and the Vibration Army” (see picture) a Duo consisting of a very tall red head guy with a saxophone and a music pedal strapped to each hip, a battery powered amp in a cart that dragged along behind. He was accompanied by a dancing woman the music a very repetitive beat mixed with du-wops, they traveled the fairgrounds grooving to the diners and shoppers. A culinary Showcase, an area full of free food samples, a goddess area filled with spiritual and cosmic crystals and magicians, a world bazaar area of ethnic wares, eco-village with alternative’s for living and conservation, 7or 8 stages and a lot of Fun people. Zero, Sol Horizon, Serendipity project and others rocked the stage. A lot of fun.
Today Josie and I are going for a wander through some Redwoods and then tonight we fly out for Sydney to stay with Deborah, hope I don’t get lashed with Jet lag we have some homeopathic tablets for that. The pollen has affected me pretty badly here, but homeopathies have helped a lot.
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