HIGH TIMES IN EUREKA Episode 46 Part 1 Old Town Coffee & Chocolates 211 F Street Eureka, CA Sponsored by: Blubrry Podcasting-Launch your Podcast the Blubrry Way https://create.blubrry.com/resources/podcast-media-hosting/?code=blu002 When Sydney talks of her experience as an afterthought, what follows will leave you with jaws dropped. As a young woman who was trying to decide what to do with her life she did the unbelievable, after watching a travel video. How does one prepare for a 5,000 mile hike through the desert and over snow covered mountains? Her training technique will leave most people scratching their heads. What’s a solo female hiker to do when waiting out the snow melt in the high Sierras? To press on, or stay put. That was the question. Harrowing tale, as she approached a 1,000 foot ice wall, and then the black storm clouds rolled in. This is a story you won’t want to miss. Gail Mentink and Cathy Kunkler, owners of Old Town Coffee and Chocolates both began their coffee drinking habits at a young age. Little did they know that years later their paths would cross again,and for similar reasons they opened this now famous "hub of old town" coffee shop. How did a male dominated society, give them the push they needed to venture into the coffee roasting business, and how much of a gamble was it? Can you stack the odds in your favor? For one, struggling with shared custody the store had unintended consequences. For her partner was it a parallel universe, or a continuation of life from a WWll mother? What she discovered in old letters to her mother surprised and perhaps inspired her into the coffee business. Brian Beneventi wrote his first novel at the age of four, was he precocious...gifted...and who helped him at this age? Talk about early ideas for a career. After graduating from the University of Oregon but not before writing his 1st (2nd) novel, he settled down in Eureka where,when he has the cash, he pursues the tried and true style of writing in a coffee shop. As an author Brian discusses the pros and cons of his craft, which many writers may dispute or agree with. Does this profession automatically make you a loner? His first novel, self published, was finished at 22. Running Out of Time is a story about a 17 year old fatherless runner. His second book, called Four and Twenty Blackbirds, will be out soon! Screenplay in the making. Hollywood and T.J. Thyne ”Are you listening?” Make sure to check out this week's playlist for High Times in Eureka, on Spotify, to hear musical selections from our guests. http://bit.ly/CCCRS Remember if you have a question,or topic you want us to follow up on from this week, or any other episode of the CCCRS,we are happy to try to get that done in the segment we call Free Refills. Just leave us a message at https://crosscountrycoffeeroadshow.com/