Back today after a week away…Carol and I took a road trip down to the Monterey area to Pacific Grove, location of the beautiful Julia Morgan-designed conference center Asilomar (which means refuge by the sea). Built originally for the YWCA, it now functions as a site for a variety of conferences in a continuous rotation. We were there for the West Coast Uke Festival, but other groups were mental health professionals, Mathematicians, etc. The drive from Lincoln City reminded us anew how terrific the Oregon coast is…
First night at the Crescent Beach Motel…cute 50’s motel with every room right on the beach…
on we go …the curvy road thing…
and a stop in Fort Bragg to see Carolyn and visit her studio (her new show opens in June…)
and then we headed on to Sonoma for the night and to see a quilt show there the next morning…
before the final leg or the journey south to Asilomar. Built between 1913 and 1928, seven or eight of the original buildings designed by Morgan still stand…and are in use. Here’s the Lodge (check in, bar/cafe, store)…
and the place we stayed is called Stuck-Up Inn…
where we had a GREAT room…
There is a lot of wood and windows and light pouring in…fireplaces everywhere…
and the classes and meetings were fun…here are the “chordettes” in the chapel before the first night performance…
and our teachers, left to right: Heidi and Daniel Ward, Paul Hemmings, Kevin Carroll, Del Rey, Jim D’Ville, and Dave Egan.
My favorite class was Del Rey’s Memphis blues class…
We played and played, met some terrific people, took two hours off for lunch in Carmel one day…
and then packed up and headed home…tired, calloused fingers…a few new things in mind…
We stayed in Grants Pass one night with Judy, and met Denzel and Bubby
and then headed home the next morning AFTER finding and photographing Lopuis Bunce’s 1938 “Rogue River Indians” mural in the post office…
We Passed the San Luis Reservoir and Lake Shasta, and the drought is real…
Good to go, good to come home…
On The Way 
We see a lot of Del Rey here in Port Townsend. She’s a fixture at Centrum music festivals in the summer and performs at various venues during other parts of the year.
Bonnie, Are all those quilts yours? Fantastic! Makes me want to Quilt…jackie
and good to see your photos and read your words.
love the pics of the graffiti on the overlook rails in oregon, and the homemade signage. thanks for taking us along, bonnie.
do you ever go to the quilt show in Paducah Kentucky? if you ever do I would love to meet you there. it is just 1 hour 15 minutes from Sikeston Mo I feel like I was along on your latest trip–thanks for the ride.