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Back to the coast
... home here in Northern California. This home is 32 feet long, 11 feet in diameter, and about 7 feet tall. The dimensions are not much different than our motor home. The inside has a living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Really interesting. Then we went over to the grandfather tree. This is a massive redwood tree that is still living and growing. The gift store had quite a few carvings done by the area's native Indians.
Then it was over a mountain or two ...
Dum Dum Tom Tom
... the cage stopped her movements. After a quick walk around the park which took us 30 minutes we were invited to pet some of the cubs. There were only 3 more people in the park. We petted a cougar cub, bobcat cub and a bear cub. The bear cub's fur was so soft and really you could cuddle it forever.
Soon we were back on the Pacific Ocean enjoying the spectacular scenery. Along the route we were treated to beautiful works of nature ...
Coastal catastrophe
... crawling my way around the corners and down steep stretches.
We learned that our new pal was in the construction business. We mentioned that we had just come through Garborville, which was teeming with dreadlocked backpackers doing seasonal 'gardening' in Humboldt county. John laughed and said most of the area's money comes from the large pot gardens we've noticed hidden behind tall fences. In fact, about $50K (roughly half) of his ...
California Coast
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I went out early in the morning with Julie to walk the dogs. She and Blue were babysitting a cockapoo named Sam, in addition to their own two dogs. We walked them around the trails at the Otis Johnson Redwood Grove, and later on we all went to explore downtown Ft. Bragg. Loren as usual checked out all the used record stores and the rest of us looked at used books and bought ...
Up the Coast
... the better part of an hour exploring the headland, watching the birds and reading the various signs that told us all about the local wildlife. At this park, at certain times of the year, it is apparently possible to sight migrating gray and humpback whales. This is also a part of the country that Jess and I were really looking forward to spending some time driving along, staring at and exploring. There is something just ...