Travels on Highway 101: At the Edges of the West

 

At the Edges of the West

By Mike Garofalo

Travels on US Highway 101 and 1

Memories of Pacific Coast Places
West Coast Snapshots & Snippets
Delightful Coastal Spur Roads

Docu-Poem, Haiku, Short Poems, Photos,
Sonnets, Quintains, Graphics, Concrete Poems

Highway 101 and 1: Docu-Poem
By Mike Garofalo

Alphabetical Index of Titles

Beachcombing and Tidepooling

Big Sur

Bottom Line

Bridges Over Rivers

East Los Angeles Revisited

El Camino Real

Campfires Smoking

Clear Cut

Cliffside at Bandon Beach

The Clock Ticks Within the Mind

Concrete/Shape Poetry

Coos Bay South to Point Reyes

Disappearing Darkness

Down for the Count

Down South

Embodied Time

The Eucalyptus Trees at Tomales Bay

Eye to Eye Memories

Fields of Cream

Fire! Fire!

Flowers in the Sky

A Fork in the Crypto Road

Funky Artist's Enclaves

Fun Times Ahead

Grayland Beach Guides

Gushen Grove Sonnets

Haiku and Senryu

Hip Woke West

Hood Canal: Beauty and Bounty

In a Watery Grave

In the Shadows of Mountains

Industries Booming

Cliffside at Bandon Beach

Lighthouses On the Cliffs

Meeting at the Golden Gate

Myrtlewood and Shells Alive

Night Camp at Pistol River

Notes and Reminders

The Olympic Curve on 101

Petaluma Cool

Places and Times Intertwined

Quatrains Bundled Up

Raven Broke Open the Magical Clam

Reminder from the Other World

River People North

The Rotting Redwood Tree

Salinas Valley Farms

The Salmon are Back

SanFran and L.A. Lives

Sciences Strong

The Scissors of My Decisions

Secrets of Night

Shallow Willapa Bay at Low Tide

Sitting by the Still Bay

Skeletons in Love

Slouching Into Incoherence

Snapshots from the Shore

Stepping Over Epiphanies

Summer in the Sun

Surfing Way

Timber Empire

25 Steps and Beyond

2+2 = 4: Now and Forever More

West Coast Ideologies

Winter at the Shore

 

 

 

Finding the Mother Tree

I am now reading the following book:

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. By Suzanne Simard. Vintage Books, 2021, index, bibliography, 348 pages. Paperback, $18.00. VSCL

Walkways and Bridges in the Northwest

Bridges and Walkways in the Northwest

Here are some photographs available on the Internet:

Astoria-Ilwaco Bridge, OR

Tacoma Bridge and Mount Ranier, WA

Cape Disappointment WA Campground

 I really enjoyed the privacy of this yurt campground. Nobody was camping in the area. Very quiet.

Bridges of the Northwest Coastal USA

 Bridges of the Northwest Coastal USA

Washington and Oregon

Tai Chi Chuan at the Beach

 

I travel to a State Park each month on the Oregon or Washington Pacific Coast.  I camp in a Yurt for four days each month. 

I practice Taijiquan, Qigong, Balance Exercises, and Walking at the State Park and beaches.

You are welcome to join me to discuss Taijiquan, Qigong, Taoism, Yoga, Buddhism, poetry, philosophy, and natural history.  It would be enjoyable to sit around a morning or evening fireplace, chat, sip refreshments, and ponder the good life.  

We could practice and share some internal arts movements and practices.

Here is my current Yurt Camping Schedule:

Dosewallips State Park, Hood Canal, Brinnon, Washington
May 6, 7, 8, 9 2024

Grayland Beach State Park, Grayland, Westport, Washington
June 3, 4, 5 ,6  2024

Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, Oregon
October 7, 8, 9, 10  2024

Here is a guide to my practices, outlook, research, and experience.

Send me an email if you are interested in joining me.  

For those not interested in camping, there are some motels and restaurants near the Parks.

There will be no charges, fees, or workshop costs.

Hang Out, Meetup, Share, Socialize, Beachcombing, Practice