Way Up North

We're visiting friends in Albion, CA which is near Mendocino. It's a beautiful cold (low 50s) and damp day. The sky is grey and the water is grey and there are whales out there somewhere -- we haven't seen the whales themselves, but we see the spray from their blowholes. One of the houseguests here is a Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef, so we are expecting something spectacular for dessert!