<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp8a70dd58yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Can anyone drive Anne Owen and her husband David to SFO on the 14th of July? They would have to leave here about 8:30 in the morning. Let me know.<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp8a70dd58signature">Jeff Stubbs<br>P.O. Box 1360 Mendocino, CA 95460<br>Home phone 707-937-6026<br>I phone 707-536-6190<br>Skype phone 707-397-5620<br>Skype name jeffrystubbs</div></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> Jeffry Stubbs <jeffrystubbs@yahoo.com></div><div><b>To:</b> ann.o@actrix.co.nz <ann.o@actrix.co.nz></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 28, 2019, 9:19:02 AM PDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Re: Subject: Travel Suggestions</div><div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydpf9479477yiv1814872832"><div><div class="ydpf9479477yiv1814872832ydp80997731yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Hi Anne,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I think you will like the Hill House Inn, which is historic and has a nice view of the ocean. It is one of the less expensive places in town, so I think you will like it, but feel free to change it if you like. We are off to meet our son and his family, so more of an update later. <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Yours truly, <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpf9479477yiv1814872832ydp80997731signature">Jeff Stubbs<br clear="none">P.O. Box 1360 Mendocino, CA 95460<br clear="none">Home phone 707-937-6026<br clear="none">I phone 707-536-6190<br clear="none">Skype phone 707-397-5620<br clear="none">Skype name jeffrystubbs</div></div>
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On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 7:14:51 PM PDT, ann.o@actrix.co.nz <ann.o@actrix.co.nz> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">>Hi Jeffry,<br clear="none">I have already purchased return bus tickets from the Airport to Santa<br clear="none">Rosa, which you had earlier suggested would be helpful to reduce your trip<br clear="none">from Mendocino.<br clear="none">Re accommodation, we do not stay in expensive accommodation, prefer our<br clear="none">own ensuite, but otherwise we are thrifty. Dave likes his whisky, and<br clear="none">beer, I do not drink alcohol due to my health issues, which are well<br clear="none">controlled at present. I can not tolerate curries or very spiced food, but<br clear="none">after being reviewed by my gastroenterologist last Sat, I am in a much<br clear="none">better place than when in Vanuatu last year.<br clear="none"> We will be pleased to welcome Matt in as new President. My preference is<br clear="none">for a minimum of walking, and the suggestions you have made sound good<br clear="none">,esp seeing the light house.<br clear="none">On the 14th, we depart from the SF. Airport on Air France at 15.05pm [we<br clear="none">are travelling business class].<br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none">Ann<div class="ydpf9479477yiv1814872832ydpab52be92yqt6107709499" id="ydpf9479477yiv1814872832ydpab52be92yqtfd37107"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Hi Anne and David,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> We are all looking forward to your trip, and have some news and<br clear="none">> suggestions:<br clear="none">> First, I have to apologize. Since we made our initial plans we have<br clear="none">> learned that our oldest son and his family of four, who are resident in<br clear="none">> China where they teach school, are going to stay with us for a month,<br clear="none">> probably during the time you will be here, and we do not have sufficient<br clear="none">> space even for them. I have canvassed the other members of our club, and<br clear="none">> have not been able to identify anything. Some of us (not myself but<br clear="none">> others) are leaving town on vacation, and others have health problems that<br clear="none">> preclude them being hosts. There is a chance something may come up, and if<br clear="none">> so I will let you know. However, to ensure your have a place to stay I<br clear="none">> have booked a room for you at the Hill House Inn, which is in town, for<br clear="none">> July 9-12 (3 days). There are also some other good places, including the<br clear="none">> Mendocino Hotel Garden Suites, where we used to stay before we moved here,<br clear="none">> and the Stanford Inn which has a vegetarian restaurant, but that is of<br clear="none">> course up to you.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I have been thinking about your arrival, and am guessing you are arriving<br clear="none">> on Air New Zealand in San Francisco, at 1:00 pm on July 9th. If so, I will<br clear="none">> pick you up at the San Francisco airport and we should be on our way at<br clear="none">> 3:00 or so, which will get us time for a fairly relaxed trip to Mendocino<br clear="none">> and conserve your energy. The trip takes about 3 1/2 hours, so we should<br clear="none">> be able to reach Mendocino by 6:30 or so, depending on what we do along<br clear="none">> the way. But even if we arrive later than that, you will be much more<br clear="none">> rested than if you take the bus. I will be driving a Volvo XC70 so it will<br clear="none">> be comfortable and we will have space for your luggage.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Mendocino Rotary will have its annual debunking on Thursday June 11, in<br clear="none">> the evening, probably at Ledford House, a local restaurant that<br clear="none">> specializes in French provincial cooking. Gary Hopper, our outgoing<br clear="none">> President, will be honored and Matthew O'Halloran, whom you know, who is<br clear="none">> incoming President, will get his start. The Board has suggested you give<br clear="none">> us a talk probably about Katikati Rotary that would be wonderful. It is<br clear="none">> for members and spouses, so your husband would be more than welcome.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The day following your arrival, Wednesday, we can do whatever appeals to<br clear="none">> you. You may feel that you just want that day to yourselves to rest, or<br clear="none">> you may want to be active. I suggest a walk around Mendocino, shopping,<br clear="none">> maybe lunch in town and a visit to one or both of our visitor museums,<br clear="none">> Ford House and Kelley House, which together will give you an idea of the<br clear="none">> history of the town and life in the town around the end of 19th century.<br clear="none">> Of course the Mendocino art center and several galleries are also worth a<br clear="none">> visit.<br clear="none">> Thursday I suggest a visit to Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, a beautiful spot<br clear="none">> where you can see one of the oldest lighthouses on the coast and how the<br clear="none">> keeper and others lived. We could combine that with a visit to the<br clear="none">> Botanical Gardens, which should be alight right now with blooming<br clear="none">> rhodendrons, well worth a visit. Or if you like we could take a drive to<br clear="none">> the town of Elk, just to the south, which I think has the most beautiful<br clear="none">> seascape in the area.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> We can easily drive to Woodlands Park, just up the road from us, where we<br clear="none">> can visit some old growth redwood groves.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On the return to San Francisco we can also plan a trip to a winery or<br clear="none">> cheese maker which might be fun.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Saturday is the opening of the Mendocino Music Festival, which may be<br clear="none">> worth a visit. You can see their program on their website.<br clear="none">> Wednesday is the regular meeting date of Fort Bragg Rotary. I have not<br clear="none">> asked them yet if they are meeting, but if you like we could go there and<br clear="none">> beat the drum for our project.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Sunday I am playing in an all day Bastille Day Boules tournament as is my<br clear="none">> son. It is an outdoor event, at Ledford House, the most beautiful boules<br clear="none">> court in the world, and a fun event. You would be welcome to join but I<br clear="none">> will be tied up all that day.<br clear="none">> If David is a beer drinker we could visit either the North Coast Brewery<br clear="none">> and if he is a scotch guy we could do dinner at the Albion River Inn.<br clear="none">> I am thinking the Vanuatu team could host a dinner Friday night, either in<br clear="none">> someone's house or in a restaurant (the famous Cafe Beaujolais?)<br clear="none">> but please let us know what appeals to you..<br clear="none">> You might want to stop at some point in either Healdsburgh, a classical<br clear="none">> wine country town with a nice town square, and restaurants and shopping<br clear="none">> all around. Or Sausalito, just to the north of San Francisco, or San<br clear="none">> Francisco itself.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I am still not sure when you are planning to depart, but my advice is not<br clear="none">> to get too tired out, allow some rest time, and realize that the<br clear="none">> Mendocino-SF airport drive is at least 3 1/2 hours, not terribly difficult<br clear="none">> but still you need to be aware that it is more than a hop, skip and jump.<br clear="none">> If you decide to stay there at some point, the Westin is a good hotel near<br clear="none">> the airport.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> In the meantime we are getting many useful comments on our ablution block<br clear="none">> and I hope moving toward a final design solution. More on that in a few<br clear="none">> days.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Cheers, and do not hesitate to mark up this message with your thoughts.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Jeff Stubbs<br clear="none">> P.O. Box 1360 Mendocino, CA 95460<br clear="none">> Home phone 707-937-6026<br clear="none">> I phone 707-536-6190<br clear="none">> Skype phone 707-397-5620<br clear="none">> Skype name jeffrystubbs<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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