Bettilou's Inn
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Back to the coast
Midday temp: 17C
We drove only a short distance before our first stop, the town of Eureka. Eureka was established in the mid 1800s, first as a gold rush town, then a logging and milling town. There still is a huge lumber mill here but there is also an Old Town district, a section of buildings and homes that are more than a hundred years old. We walked for a short while in this older area. Being a Sunday morning it was very quiet. Our main purpose for stopping was ...
Dum Dum Tom Tom
... The rays that passed through the trees made the drive worthwhile. Just before the Californian border we pulled over for lunch as the state of Portland is tax free. We filled ourselves with Mexican food and were off to California. The drive through Redwood National Park was spectacular. These trees were huge and very very tall. Two hours later we went past the famous Legend of Big Foot shop. Inside we asked the lady about sightings and she ...
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
From Elk Grove I braved the Bay Area Sunday traffic, arrived in San Francisco, and even managed to find a parking space in Loren's neighborhood. We tried a new Thai restaurant and stopped for cupcakes at the Bi-Rite creamery (they were out of salted caramel, my favorite, but the chocolate thing I got instead was just fine) on our walk home.
Monday morning we drove across ...
Camping ved stillehavet
... sandet imellem tæerne. Så kan man ikke bo meget tættere på vandet :-). Pigerne nød stranden til fulde og selvom vandet ikke ligefrem fordrede en dukkert (det mangler ligesom en Golfstrøm). Maria var dog klar til en dukkert, men vi lod den være ved det, da det jo ville fordre mor eller far gik med pga. strømmen og bølgerne. Så det var lidt med vemod at vi allerede dagen efter forlod pladsen, men vi fik da strakt den til det yderste, da vi først kørte 11:10 (check-out var kl. 11:00). ...
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