objects in october

This month, we made it out to First Friday in Oakland:

And we celebrated Buster Keaton's birthday:

I got to go see Garbage with best friend:

And then we saw the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girl championships:

My family came for a visit. Our first stop was the town of Sunol, famous for their dog mayor and a beer dispenser shaped like him:

The next stop was Boonville. They are known for their special town language that is now dying out. One example is "Buckey Walter" being printed on every public telephone. Phones were dubbed this after the name of the first person to own a phone in the area:

Then we passed a 60 ft tower made out of bicycle parts:

Last year, we did a road trip with 7 people and a cat. Apparently everyone thought that was too easy because this road trip was with 8 people, 2 cats, and 4 dogs:

Our destination was Mendocino:

I guess it was pretty nice:

We went to the Tattoo Museum:

Then I ate candy cap mushroom ice cream:

Brothers sharpened their skills:

And we finally beat the toxic mall:

We visited childhood memories at the Skunk Train station:

We took a stroll past Jessica Fletcher's house from Murder, She Wrote:

And the street James Dean walks down in East of Eden:

Brother emerged from the fog:

There were fishing mishaps and no fish:

There were lighthouses:

And tide pools:

Confusion Hill lived up to its name:

Brother had a Smooth Criminal moment:

Addie was excited for the living chimney tree:

And we wandered the ruins of Hobbiton:

I did my first attempt at knitting letters:

And killed monsters like it was no big deal:

We got to see Sea Glass Beach:

B is for Basil assaulted by bears:

Burt Macklin, Janet Snakehole, and Champion met up for Halloween:

And then set off to sea for criminal activities aboard a ship with Fred and Wilma Flintstone:

much love,
hedgie