We left this morning and headed south.
We traveled through the redwoods for quite awhile.
As we climbed up along the coast we ran into some fog.
Then we went down along the coast.
We stopped at this beach and I saw this sign. I think it was a sneaker that got Lanny's toenail at Gulf Shores. They need signs!
We arrived at Benbow RV Park and had an early night.
The next morning we decided we would have an easy day. Just drive thru the tree and part of the Avenue of Giants.
I think the Carroll granddaughters would like these for playhouses.
Harry
After we drove through the tree we were going to get lunch, but we saw a dirt road and Bruce cannot ignore a gravel road. It said it was a loop, but it turned out to be a half circle so we ended up farther back then when we got on the road so we looked at the map and found the town of Ferndale. It is the best preserved Victorian town in California and they said they had restaurants. So our short day just got longer. When we got there we found out most of the restaurants were closed on Sunday but the old hotel was open so we stopped there.
As were waiting for our lunch we see this map that shows a road along the ocean going back to Benbow so I tell Bruce I will drive so he can look at the scenery. So we eat and I start driving so Bruce is now taking pix.
This town was gorgeous.
The one thing we did not think of was we had to go over the mountain to get to the coast. So I am driving on this narrow curvy road. Bruce then says how much gas do we have. I look and tell him just under a fourth of a tank and should I go back. He says no we should be fine, WRONG! Because of the road we were sucking down the fuel and shortly the low fuel buzzer goes off.
As we come out of the woods and start descending we notice the fog creeping in. Bruce is getting worried so he tells me to let him drive.
As we come into Cape Mendocino we are hoping for a gas station No Luck, just a large cattle ranch. So back up the mountain we go. As we come down the other side we discover the lost coast of California.
This is one of the most beautiful areas I have seen. We certainly would have enjoyed it more with a full tank of gas. Eventually we headed inland to the town ? of Petrolia with high hopes. We see a run down store and in the back are 2 gas pumps. We pull up to them one says it is out of order and the other one is all beat up but Bruce goes in anyway. Thank the lord we got $20.00 of gas and 2 diet cokes. So we feel pretty good now. We take off and decide to go see the black sand beach and the Punta Gorda lighthouse. This is a strange area there are hardly any people and the ones living here are kind of scary. We get to the end of the road and here is this strange campground. The first thing I see is a wanted poster for a murder. What we don't see is the lighthouse so we hike over this dune we see the black sand beach but still no lighthouse.
As we hike back over the dune we see this guy coming out of the port-a-potty and Bruce asks him where the lighthouse is. He points to a path along the side of the hill and says when that ends you have to hike a mile. We got in Ruby and left! The scenery changes to rolling grassland with cattle.
We come to the town of Honeydew which is a crossroad.
Nice one lane wooden bridge outside of Honeydew.
Now we have to climb 3,000 ft. to get back across the mountains.
We come across a doe and twins. One baby runs across the road so we stop and wait till it goes back to its mom.
We head down and the road takes us into the Rockefeller Grove of Redwoods.
We wind our way thru the trees and finally come out at Hwy 101 and we still have 20 miles to go till we are back to the bus. I felt like Gilligan on a 3 hour tour. Zig had his legs crossed and so did I when we got home.
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