Last night we had another pretty impressive storm pass over us bringing the two-day total up to around 4.5″. However, the weather was great this morning so today we pulled up stakes in the Russian River RV Resort in Cloverdale, headed toward Myers Flat, CA, which is in the middle of an enormous coastal redwood grove called “Avenue of the Giants.” We were just about ready to pull out when Peg noted that she could not extract the wheel chocks near the right front trailer tire, primarily because the tire had fattened up somewhat due to air pressure loss. We broke out the power cords and the compressor and pumped the errant tire back up to 65 psi.
After a quick, smelly stop at the facility dump station, we jumped back onto CA-101 for the trip north to Myers Flat. Right near the intersection of Geysers Road and CA-101 the slow lane exhibits some paving anomalies that make silverware jump from the drawer and quarters to leap from the coin thing on the dash of the truck. We haven’t had to much change flying around since we left the east coast last year but have finally found a comparable section of B-52 asphalt. Near this same spot 101 starts climbing from Cloverdale elevation of about 300′ to a summit up by Ukiah at around 1900′. Charlotte pulled through without even breathing hard. We continued along 101 through Calpella, Willits, Laytonville, Benbow, Garberville and finally Myers Flat where we exited 101 and proceeded through what appears to be a large, rural junkyard to the Giant Redwoods RV Park.
Despite the hideous passage through Dogpatch on the way in, the park is quite nice with full hookups, cable TV, wi-fi and nice restroom surrounded by a very nice cedar fence that eliminates the view of the junkyard outside. The camping spots are right on the edge of the Eel River which is quite swollen thanks to last night’s rain. The weatherman says it will be cold tonight.