The weather this morning was sort of lousy with rain and wind outside. We took ample time to make a big breakfast and wasted some additional time watching the boob tube. Then I realized I may not have internet wi-fi access after today so I got to work posting my backlog of blog materials to the site. I also caught up on the blog pix so on some entries you can select a link to show my faithful readers, if any, pictures taken on certain exploration days.
I finally finished up by mid-afternoon and Peggy and I hopped into Charlotte for a short spin. We started by driving about 10 miles south on 101 to Miranda where we filled up the diesel tank. Then we were fortunate enough to be able to use beautiful Avenue of the Giants to get back to our camping spot in Myers Flat. However, once we got back near our RV park, we decided to continue up the same gorgeous road to a spot above Weott where we entered Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The road is terrible but the groves of coastal redwoods on both sides of the road are magnificent.
We moseyed along for quite a while before giving up due to the miserable road conditions. The potholes and abrupt pavement edges are actually pretty easy to miss since the vistas along the road are awe-inspiring and throttle attenuating. Enormous trees situated on fairly clear flat ground with numerous waterfalls and creeks just don’t lend themselves to driving fast.
We gave up at about 5:00 PM and headed for the barn. Tomorrow we are scheduled to move to the Eureka area.
For pix of today’s drive, click here