It's Sunday, May 30, 2010. I've just finished six years on the Board of Directors of The Sea Ranch Association. The last year has been exhausting, with many difficult, emotional issues. There is much left hanging, much that will stir passions and mean-spiritedness. I am drained, and so is Joan. We could be caught up in, and worn down by, the turmoil unless we disconnect.
So we'll start on a National Parks Adventure that we expect to take all summer, maybe extend into the fall. We'll leave The Sea Ranch on June 8, returning for June 30. Then we'll leave again on July 12, returning about September 1. The idea is to see as many National Parks in the Western United States and Canada as we can, but in an unstructured way. And the idea of this blog is to record day-by-day the high points of our adventure, illustrated with a few of the best images from each day.
About Me
- Jim Jordan
- Joan and I live at The Sea Ranch, a 1960s Community Interest Development designed by landscape architect Larry Halprin. The Sea Ranch prizes "living lightly with the land." The Sea Ranch is in the northwest corner of Sonoma County, on the coast three hours from San Francisco. I served on The Sea Ranch Association's Board until Memorial Day, 2010 We are active in Shepherd by the Sea Episcopal/Lutheran Mission in neighboring Gualala. In the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, I served on the Standing Committee and the Communication Committee, and have been a member of the Celebrating Creation Network. On November 8, 2013, I was elected a Lay Deputy from the Diocese of Northern California to the Episcopal Church's 2015 General Convention. We live in the beauty of coastal Northern California by the Gualala River. For about 10 years, I have been Secretary of Friends of the Gualala River (FoGR).