WEST COAST TRIP SEP 2010

Eureka to Garberville

77 miles

Sep 18, 2010

This day had rain the whole way with few exceptions. , 4300 feet of climbing so I was bone tired at the end. BUT, really beautiful and wonderful sights to be seen. Rode the Avenue of the Giants. Something unbelievable.

The area around Ferndale had at least dozens of diary farms

around it. Some people thought it smelled like a barnyard,

but I thought it smelled like money.

An area of Old Growth that was cut down in the 1800s'

The Scotia Museum, made entirely of redwood. This town

has been the headquarters of the Pacific Lumber Co. since

1869. Very well kept.

Jim among the Giants

Ron among the Giants

This tree was 21 feet in diameter, almost dead

and supposedly over 2000 years old. Note

the fresh cuts because it is still growing