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Fort Bragg
We've been a bit busy up until now with lots of driving and Christmas, so we'll go back to where we were last at - Grants Pass. We had a good nights sleep at Grants Pass, even though we were on a main road. Fortunately it helped that the next day was a Saturday. We got up, got ready for the road and were on our way, this time travelling on a …
Back to the coast
... found a monument: a cross section of a mammoth redwood tree, felled with a 20 foot wide saw and 60 man hours of sawing.
I think we’ve seen enough redwoods to satisfy us for quite awhile.
Our RV park tonight is alongside a cove that is full of tuna fishing boats. Some of the boats have signs 'bled and fresh frozen tuna for sale, good for sushi'. But no prices.
Driven today: California
Travelled today: 235 km
Travelled to date: 9394 ...
Dum Dum Tom Tom
... we had arrived at Fort Bragg but the town's name was Westport. Normally we'd find a gas station, fill up and continue our journey. But this town was a little different. Westport was almost like a ghost town, it was quiet and there were no lights at 6pm and it was quite dark. The fuel was really low by this time and at this point even I was a little nervous. Thankfully we had the old fashioned map of California with us and using that we found ...
Coastal catastrophe
... first time on the whole trip, there was palpable tension in the car. I wondered if Jonas, whose feathers are quite difficult to ruffle, was mad because I had wanted to drive along the coast. Had I known it would add almost 8 hours of driving time to the day, I would never have insisted on it. Finally, Jonas broke the silence with, "I would like to relax more." I laughed and promised we could relax plenty once we got to San Fran, and wondered how long it ...
A Lovely Visit
... destroyed. Ironically the town prospered due the the earthquake as San Francisco needed lumber, which was transported by ship and the returning ships ballast was brick which was used by the Fort Bragg folk to rebuild their town.
Just south of town is Noyo Harbor. It is a small natural harbor that is entered from the ocean through a small cut in the cliffs. Very picturesque and very difficult to enter during ...
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