indefinitely indefinite

My grand plan did not quite work out the way I had initially intended. Almost a week after arriving in San Francisco, I decided that I was not ready to settle there. After having the opportunity to survey the country and be a part of some truly beautiful landscapes and communities, San Francisco is too claustrophobic for me.

SO...

I set off again in search of trees and air and stars in black skies. I am now in Forestville, CA, staying with an old friend of my fathers. Forestville is in Sonoma County, CA about two hours north of San Francisco. Lauri, Michael, Scout an Jonah literally live in a cabin in the trees with their three dogs and cat. The trees are massive and hundreds of years old, the river below is full of river jade, obsidian and other beautiful rocks, and the sun has been shining constantly for a week now. The community seems to be stuck in time and completely unaffected by what goes on outside their foliage walls.

Lauri doesn't have a guest room,  so I have created my own on their back porch. I live in Jack's tent and each morning wake up to the most incredible scene outside of my screened tent window. Fog rising off the river, hummingbirds and bluejays flying only a few feet away from me, and my skin gets covered by the shadows from the leaves and branches of the trees above me.

Shortly after I arrived here I realized my car's radiator was nearly dead, and I can't move on until it gets fixed, so Michael hired me on to paint house siding and the owner of the lodge at the bottom of the hill hired me to work nights at the bar for the rest of the week. My radiator money will all be earned by the weekend of the fourth, and then I will probably continue on to Portland (although, I really don't want to leave here!)

When I got here I only thought I would be staying two days, so I only have my film camera with me (this means pictures will have to be posted later).

I have applied to a really wonderful job- and if I am lucky enough to get it, I will gladly give up my traveling. I don't want to get too excited about it, so I won't say anything else, but keep your fingers crossed for me!