Hey, I know it seems like I have gone dark on my site but it is only because John and I are on vacation! We are celebrating our 53rd anniversary of being married. I was going to say wedding anniversary but there was no wedding. We just sneaked off to a Justice of the Peace that we found in the Yellow Pages (an antiquated book where residential phone numbers were in the white pages and businesses were on the yellow pages.) So John and I eloped on July 17, 1972.

Anyway we are now traveling up the Northwest coast of the U.S. having more or less success finding restaurants we like, eating picnic lunches, and making breakfast in our hotel rooms. Here are a few pictures of our successes and failures.

Later on we have a picnic lunch at a California State Park in the Redwood Forest. I got a free pass to many of the parks through my local library

Later on we try some seafood at a restaurant in Arcata, California.

On Monday we eat breakfast at the hotel and have another picnic lunch next to the Rogue River.

Our next two overnights are in Yachats, Oregon. We try finding a restaurant with good, fresh, seafood. All the seafood around here seems to be fried or in a sauce with pasta. We order three appetizers and two smallish glasses of wine and the bill comes to over $100. We need to find a different way of approaching our food!

Okay, we are getting tired of mediocre food for high prices. It is time to switch gears!

We have figured out a set-up for hotels that do not to include a free breakfast.

We brought our induction burner from home, a toaster, and a water boiler for coffee and tea.

Yum, a good breakfast!

I guess I just really dislike spending too much money on substandard food. John and I have been happier on the days we roughed it a bit. One way to bring consumer prices down might be to take a vacation that eats like ours.