the end

this weekend we drove up to Mendocino for a quick little getaway. as if the bay area wasn't cold enough, right? we hit some wineries (about 8), went horseback riding on the beach, and stayed at a lovely inn on the 1. but with all that wonderfulness, there had to be some incident to make it slightly less than perfect. and that was me navigating as todd careened around redwoods (and slowpokes). normally, i print out a whole step-by-step itinerary, complete with mapquest directions, phone numbers, aerial shots compliments of nasa, etc., but as we just decided on thursday to brace the chilly weather, i only printed out a few brief directions and mainly used our fodors guide and wine country map. in hindsight, this mini-detour was inevitable:Publish