my journey's final people

as i continued down the coast of northern california, i stopped to use the internet at a starbucks.

i noticed on facebook that a friend i'd met in philadelphia a few years earlier was going to be in a small town called mendocino, just minutes ahead of me down the coast.  it worked out that we got to me up with liliya there and with her friend pj.   we caught up on some of life as we strolled the little town looking for dinner.  my friends treated me to pizza at a nice little place called frankies.

then as we made our way back to our vehicles, we peered in the windows of the cute little touristy shops that were closed for the night.   we also came across this cat on the sidewalk that was extremely friendly.  it entertained us for maybe 10 minutes.  it had the funniest looking face as it soaked in our free attention of constant petting and scratching.  his tongue hung further and further out as though he was in utter glory.   ha!

it was a really nice time.  i'm glad it worked out to meet up.  liliya and pj were the last friends i saw on my trip.