First Stop The Lost Coast of California... Honeydew, CA. with the Mattole Family

The road to Honenydew is very curvy - 10 MPH signs... abound.  If you ask me some of them should say 6 MPH!

This is the bridge that crosses the Mattole River in the Mattole Valley on the "Lost Coast," of Northern California.  Only one vehicle at a time can pass... 15 MPH speed limit.

Honeydew has one store with a Post Office. Taint no Wal-Marts in these parts.

Our Destination... Our friends the Mattoles and their new Timber Frame House.  Wonderfully Rustic. The Timber Frame Technique dates back centuries...

Look Ma no Nails!  The construction uses only wood... oak dowel pegs and mortise and tennon joints.

We had two meetings at the Mattoles, one on Friday Night and another on Saturday. This is the Saturday meeting with the folks at the Mountain of Mercy; a ministry to recovering addicts who have given their lives over to Christ.  We encouraged a dozen saints that day. Several of them told us the Lord had done a deep work in their heart.

Shannon and Mattole in the "Bad Boy," Mattole's souped up 4 wheel drive golf cart.  Mattole and Jean are very special to Shannon... kind of like grandma and grandpa... since Valerie and I (her real GM and GP) are more like her mom and dad.

This is another bridge over the Mattole river.  Years ago Mattole would hitch up his horse and wagon and take us across this bridge... now we go across on his "Bad Boy."