I just spent the last 4 days driving down the California coast, camping and sitting on beaches and hugging Redwoods.  I was really hoping to meet up with Fernando, but the scheduling just didn't work so I cruised around just hanging out by myself. I left mom at my brothers and got some time by myself. Lots of fun.
The lagoons in northern CA were amazing, the water was all marbled where the fresh met the salt and there was a big line of saltwater fish waiting for the freshwater critters to die. I camped in a place called Trinidad where the redwood stumps were bigger than the car and it smelled heavenly. (this experience had a downside, the 2 guys at the camp next to me were mysoginistic bigots and I had to listen to their hate filled ramblings. scary, bitter, foul, men.)
brief babble
There was a guy selling custom choppers and he had some amazingly beautiful bikes.
I stopped at an artsy little town and had coffee with some cool crafters and wandering artists.
Sea lions eating the scraps from fishing boats, mexican restaurants and getting sunburned while walking in the sand.
Little lizards challenging the birds for sunflowerseeds.
I really have to ride these roads on my bike.

Should be back in Canada in a few days, and at Kats by the 16th or 17th.