Well our journey southward into California proved to be interesting. Our rough plan had been to stop at Patrick Point State Park near Trinidad. The AAA camp book made it seem nice with sites near the ocean. The reality turned out to be quite different. Only one campground loop was open and the sites looked to be hacked out of the berry brambles. The bonus was the potential fellow campers we saw that evoked strains of the banjo music from Deliverance. We both felt an uneasiness that said we should hit the road and move south.
We finally arrived at a really nice campsite in the middle of the Humboldt State Redwoods State Park at the Burlington Campground. The peace and serenity of the campground was just what we needed. The next morning we hiked the Founder's Grove Loop. It was an incredible glimpse into a part of our world that reminds us how tiny and insignificant we humans can be compared to trees as old as 2500 years. Truly awe inspiring.
Back on the road we headed south for another beach experience at Fort Bragg or Mendocino. Not so fast. We had a bit of reality introduced into our trip when the Westy decided to overheat and start dripping more oil than normal. We were in Garberville at the time and seemed to be surrounded by decidedly unfriendlies. Given we that we both had acid stomaches we decided it best to head to the lake house to regroup. Good decision on the weather front also as it looks like a major storm has set in for several days at least.
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I am enjoying these posts immensely! Who is the author here? Are we discovering an unknown writing talent? I had no idea some of those trees were 2500 years old! Jeez. Cleopatra was still running around when these trees were young.
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