Cozy Plum

We arrived in Sebastopol in time for lunch, which we had at Cozy Plum - a healthy, award-winning, plant-based restaurant. It was another good food decision, as far as I was concerned. I believe both the sandwich and the bread went by the name of Dutch Crunch, a term that was new to me. (Apparently it's a Bay Area thing like Sourdough Bread).

Bia Cafe

The Bia Cafe was a short walk from our cabin, and although it was initially quite crowded, in the end it worked out. The rain finally stopped and we had coffee and egg bagels at one of their outdoor tables. "Bia" is the Irish word for food, something I may have heard once.

Kent Crisps

There may be some confusion as to where exactly I ate my Kent Crisps. The photographic record suggests that it was in the cabin at Casa Secoya. What's probably a wrong memory suggests it was back in Bodega Bay, at The Inn at the Tides. So there you have it.

Casa Secoya

Our lodging for that night was Casa Secoya back in Monte Rio. On the face of it, this place was supposed to be an elegant repeat of last year's wonderful Hiouchi experiment. For various reasons it was not. One of those reasons was pouring rain. Others were too many people and various problems with the room. Anyway, we survived it, and I'll admit that this place could work under better conditions.

Boon

I successfully sniffed out the best restaurant in Guerneville: a place called Boon. You could say it was food at its best: original, inspired, healthy and farm-to-table - all the things I might expect from Sonoma County, a foody destination. Among the highlights were crispy tofu, Morrocan carrots, mixed greens salad and a memorable soup du jour - the only problem being I can't remember what it was.

Russian River

All of these towns in this part of Sonoma County run along the Russian River. We took a stroll on the historic Russian River Bridge in Guerneville, originally built for cars in 1922 and now used by pedestrians. (Seen above is the bridge that replaced this one). We were near a place called Johnson's Beach that might have been nice, but Mrs. detected an unpalatable creepiness.

 

Guerneville

Further up the road was the larger town of Guerneville, which we strolled around for a bit. We learned that the name of the town is two syllables, not three. The rain was on and off that day but thankfully we found a bookstore / coffee shop (Coffee Bazaar) to pass the rainy part in.