Johari: Oh gosh, I just noticed that you're from Eureka, California. My husband was in the Coast Guard, stationed in Samoa, at the very end of the peninsula. Our place overlooked the rescue boats pier. I worked at the Humboldt-Del Norte Co. Health Dept. until he retired and we moved to Oregon. My son Mike was born there. I loved it there.

Our Irish Setter came from there, and our sweet cat loved to eat mice in the sand dunes.

The ocean, the trees, Ferndale, fabulous Victorian houses, trips to the lakes or rivers to camp, Samoa Cookhouse. A great place to live. Nice to meet someone from one of my favorite places.