Eureka! We've Found It.

Jill's Journal: Although we may not have exclaimed, “Eureka! I’ve found it!” with quite the same enthusiasm as the ancient Greek scholar Archimedes upon his volume/density discovery (or as the California forty-niners when they discovered gold), we were quite pleased to make it safely to Eureka late yesterday afternoon after our great tire incident.

We are quickly nearing the top of this tremendous state. Although California isn’t the largest state in the union (Alaska and Texas have it beat), I daresay it’s the most diverse. We’ve rediscovered what every Californian knows – one can go from the mountains to the desert to the ocean, from the great cities to the beautiful countryside, from some of the most gorgeous scenery around to some of the most urban development anywhere. We’ll have been here for six months by the time we leave and we still haven’t covered the eastern or the southern parts of the state. It’s overwhelming how much there is to see in California. We’ll be back at a later date to see the rest.

But for now, Eureka is our second-to-last stopover in the Golden State. We’ve reacclimatized to life in California…to the hordes of people everywhere (it may not be the biggest state, but it is the most populous), to the West Coast way of life, to the exorbitantly high prices for everything. I'm not sure if we’re West Coasters or East Coasters anymore. There’s great things about both coasts and at many points in between. One thing we have fallen in love with in California that we didn’t know about when we lived here is the abundance of tacquerias…little hole-in-the-wall restaurants or food trucks with truly amazing Mexican food at surprisingly inexpensive prices. Oh my. Rob and I had a meal last night that was among the best Mexican food we’ve ever had. Every tacqueria we’ve visited has been better than the last. Oh yes, we will definitely miss the tacquerias.