My parents are in town for a visit, so we headed up the coast to Ft Bragg and Mendocino on Sunday. I hadn’t been up that way before, but it was a beautiful trip.

We stopped at the City of 10,000 Buddhas outside of Ukiah.

It was really pretty, except for the loudly squawking peacocks.

I don’t like peacocks. They’re very frightening birds.

Then we headed up to Ft Bragg, where we saw some really beautiful beaches, with seagulls.

And squirrels.

And a whale skeleton.

I’m a whale, put your head in my mouth!

Then we found Glass Beach, with so much amazing sea glass all over.

After that we headed down to Mendocino for lunch, and a stop at a yarn store (ahem, more on that later) and some more beach views.

Finally, we made our way back via the Pacific Coast Highway. It was pretty, but not my favorite kind of road. I really do not like driving along such steep cliffs.

So why do I live in an area with so many roads like that? This is the mystery.