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dairy. The day was cloudless, the scenery bucolic, thrilled to be sitting in the sun, looking out at the
and the BMW hummed along almost silently. sparkling Pacific with not a cloud in the sky. From
There is something special about German technol- the upcoming forecast, it looked as though we
ogy, because how else could a motorcycle be so wouldn’t need rain gear the entire trip, a good
quiet? The only bad thing thing because I surely
about the bike was my didn’t want to be on a two-
backside, which was al- wheeled vehicle riding
ready sore from straddling slippery winding roads.
the bike over an hour. I’m According to the map,
not an Iron Butt – I’m a cot- Bodega Bay was a short
ton butt! detour away, the place
We stopped for an early where Hitchcock filmed
lunch in Tomales Bay at Hog The Birds. But unlike in the
Island Oyster Co. where a film, there were no menac-
sign read, “Unattended chil- ing crows or ravens trying
dren will be given espresso to attack us. Bodega Bay
and a free puppy.” How typi- was a small town with
cally Californian, I thought. quirky oceanside shops
Nothing, however, was free for adults; a couple of selling replicas of colorful buoys, wooden seagulls,
salads, oysters and a few beverages cost almost pelicans, and all things sea-related. I try to buy
$75.00. In spite of the outrageous price, we were something small each time I’m on a trip, and this

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