The weather continued to be rainy and too wet for trike riding the 1st couple of days I was camped in the Marina RV park. On my last day in Redding, the weather broke and I was able to ride on a gorgeous day in bright blue skies with no wind. I got my trike out to ride the Sacramento River trail. I was here a year ago and rode the same trail. This ride completely knocked my socks off. I was here in October with full fall foliage at it's peak with the colors reflecting in the calmly moving river water. The colors for today's ride weren't quite as spectacular but the trail was still terrific. Last year I rode the trail from the south end trailhead in Redding to the end, which is very close to Shasta dam, and then back. I recently learned I could extend the ride up to Shasta Dam and actually ride across the top of the dam. From the map, I saw it's also possible to do a loop ride returning on the other side of the river. That was my planned route.
Calatrava designed Sundial bridge
Sundial Bridge
The Marina RV park isn't great but I think it's the closest place to camp within riding distance of the Sacramento River bike trail. It’s also the least expensive at $36/night. I did this ride last year staying at the same park and there is about a mile of bike lane road riding before finding the Sundial Bridge and the cycling path system. I was riding on Sunday and there was very little traffic. The Sundial Bridge is for pedestrian/biking with no vehicle traffic. The bridge was built in 2004 and designed by Santiago Calatrava. The sundial casts a shadow only for the summer solstice date at 11am. It has become an iconic image for Redding.
Herons in the rapids
More reflections
Nice colors and textures
The ride up to the dam was fantastic. This trail is smooth and goes right along the Sacramento River with terrific landscape and wildlife views. In the sun the temperature was around 60f but in the shade the temps dropped significantly. This is not a rail trail where climbing grades are no more than 3%. There are some climbs in the 8% range. The views are worth the effort as are the downhill runs.
Reflective River
River wildlife
From the end of the bike trail, I took a road just over a mile up to the top of the dam. It's not everyday you can ride a tricycle across the top of a dam. Shasta dam construction started in 1937 and was completed in 1945. This was an enormous, complicated project that transformed the resources of California paving the way for the state to become the 5th biggest economy in the world. The views of Shasta lake and the Sacramento River below were impressive. The water level of the lake is quite low from the drought and the layered colors revealed on the lake rim were striking. I loved being able to ride so high and see the views.
Sacramento River view
My original plan was to ride across the dam and then do a loop back to Redding on the other side of the river. On my way up a man riding an EliptiGo stopped to chat. He said the loop is very doable but it is mostly road riding with no views of the river. Getting back on the bike trail happens almost into Redding. He suggested going out and back on the trail would be safer and more enjoyable. So that's what I did and the ride was 40 miles round trip with 1300 ft of climbing which I did on one battery. I highly recommend this trail to anyone visiting the area.
View from above
Another drone shot
Video from the Shasta Dam ride
The next day I got hitched up with a plan to stop in Oroville. I have many boondocking phone apps as well as websites I scour from my laptop looking for nice places to camp. I need to take it slow for a couple of reasons. One, gas prices are high and it costs $180 to fill my tank. I can't afford to do this every day. Two, I think my family is having a Thanksgiving dinner in Berkeley. At first, everyone said 'no' but now most people are wavering. It will probably happen but Thanksgiving is more than 10 days away and I need to wait out the time in the area.
Oroville Wildlife Refuge location
I found a wildlife refuge to stay at that looks fantastic. There are quite a few campsites right on the Feather River. To camp here requires getting a permit from the local California Highway Patrol office where you need to show ID, proof of vehicle registration and insurance. There are no fees. All the reviews were good and it seemed very safe.
Feather River
On my way into Oroville I heard a radio story that made national news. The seven member Oroville city council, being upset with state and federal Covid mandates, declared the city to be a Constitutional Republic that wasn't going to follow the rules any more. I thought that was very interesting and was looking forward to asking about it locally to hear what people thought. I suspect this was more a protest vote than anything meaningful or actionable. The 1st question I wanted to ask is whether the city would continue to receive money from the state or federal governments. Kinda wild, right?!?
Oroville is just over an hour's drive from Redding and I pulled into the CHP office in the early afternoon to get the required permit to camp. Unfortunately, I was given the bad news that this wildlife refuge has been closed since Covid started and the CHP doesn't think it will ever reopen. They said the area has problems with the homeless and drug activity. I thought it was odd that none of the apps or reviews online said anything about this area being closed and it has been closed for over 18 months. I asked if they could recommend any other places to camp but they offered nothing. Bummer and now I was left scrambling for a place to camp. I also asked the officers about the city council vote making Oroville a Constitutional Republic and they had no idea what I was talking about.
It’s been almost 2 years since I started my RV life and I've learned there are really 2 types of boondocking. One is where you find a place to pull over just to spend the night. This could be behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant, Walmart parking lot, Flying J truck stop or simply a pull-out on a road. The other type is actual camping where you can spend a few days or a couple of weeks to enjoy an area. Around Oroville all I could find were overnight stops. For me, these are fine if you are putting in lots of miles and just need a place to sleep but that's not what I was looking for. With no enticing boondocking options available, I called a local private RV park and found a lovely place also on the Feather River. River Reflections was $45/night and directly across the river from the wildlife refuge. They gave me a site that was right on the river and I checked in for 2 nights. This was a family run park and the people were very nice and helpful.
The next day was wet. I decided to take a short drive to the wildlife refuge across the river and see what it was like. This refuge is huge and there are a couple of unpaved, very rough and potholed roads to get through it. I took one slowly along the Feather river for maybe a mile. There were lots of beautiful camping spots with trees and plenty of room to turn around my trailer. I didn't see anyone for almost a mile when I came upon some fishermen getting their gear ready. The rains had stopped and the skies were clearing. I stopped to chat and ask about the refuge. They both said the area is patrolled by CHP and rangers. I asked them if I didn't bother getting a permit could I still camp and they both said I would be kicked out. I also asked about homeless problems or drug activity and they thought this area would be too remote to be convenient to the homeless and they have never seen any suspicious activity. Maybe the CHP was talking about another part of the refuge. They, too, didn’t know anything about the city council vote making Oroville a Constitutional Republic. I went back to the trailer and worked on my blog and a video.
Wildlife refuge
Over the last weeks I have been in touch with a woman I met through the genealogy site 23 and Me. Bonnie's passion is genealogy and, somehow, we are related. As she says ‘DNA doesn’t lie’. She and her husband live in Grass Valley and they invited me to visit to go over genealogy stuff and show me what she found. The world of genealogy is intriguing even though I know very little about it. Grass Valley was my next destination and, again, not very far. This very small town is in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the way to Lake Tahoe. What a gorgeous area with quaint country roads you expect to see people riding horses on. Grass Valley is next to Nevada City which is more touristic and absolutely adorable.
Oroville rice paddy with heron
With Bonnie
Jeff and one of his huge sculptures
Jeff in his studio
Bonnie and Jeff live on a narrow twisting one-lane country road lined with oak trees. As I turned onto their street I saw a giant delivery truck stopped in the road. I decided to wait at the intersection until he made a move. It turned out his truck was too big to get into the delivery address driveway and he needed to back onto the road I was on and wait for the home owner to transfer goods into their pickup truck. Country life can be complicated! This all took awhile and I kept texting Bonnie to give updates. She was waiting for me at the bottom of her driveway wondering why I wasn't showing up.
Pretty kitty
One of 9 pet cats
Jeff and Bonnie have a beautiful 10 acre spread that is mostly left wild. Jeff is a sculptor who works in bronze. He has a 5,000 sq ft studio chocked full of art. I loved seeing it and talking to him about the pieces. Some were small, some were hanging from the ceiling, some were on the walls and some were huge pieces in the studio and outside on the property. He does all his work in wax and when a piece is purchased he finishes it in bronze. I thought the whole process was fascinating. Jeff and Bonnie are also big followers of conspiracy theories. It was very interesting to hear details of how they think the world works and to learn what they think that means. They also have 9 cats which has me rethinking the idea of traveling with a cat in my trailer.
Jeff's smaller pieces
Bonnie showed me lots about genealogy and got me on 3 different ancestry websites. Her information was enlightening. She had traced a line of my mother's family back to 1630 colonial Virginia and even further back to 1613 England. Bonnie also traced my father’s family back to 960 AD in Switzerland. She found my mother's date of death and where she died. More new info for me was that my mother had remarried and had 2 more children. Bonnie suggested I go to San Francisco to get a copy of the death certificate because that would give me more clues to uncovering even more information about my mother who disappeared from my life at age 5. Jeff and Bonnie were very nice and showed me a great time. I really enjoyed my stay.
Parked in the art
After 2 nights, I hitched up moving onto Sacramento. Here I would be camping at the Cal Expo RV park. Again, I've got some time to kill before Thanksgiving and booked in for a week at $42/night. This RV park isn't anything special. The sites all have hook-ups but it isn't anything more than an asphalt parking lot. The draw of this RV park is location. The park has direct access to the American River bike trail and is centrally located in Sacramento. Laidback Cycles, is close by in the town of Fair Oaks and I was looking forward to, finally, meeting Mickey O'Brien, the owner. He has been a sponsor of my YouTube channel for almost a year. I was also hoping to meet and ride with other local recumbent riders.
The clear and calm weather forecast when I arrived in Crescent City turned out to be quite optimistic and, instead, the week I spent visiting with my sister ended up being quite rainy. This area can have ferocious winds and, luckily, they held off for 6 days and I was able to enjoy very nice, although wet, outings with my sister. She recently moved into a newly built home which was fun to see. We took a 3 mile hike through an old growth redwood forest on the Trail of Titans. Taking my truck was a good call because the 6 mile road in from Hwy 199 was very muddy from all the rain with huge potholes that would have had a car bottoming out. There were lots of rushing streams, babbling creeks and the trail went along the tranquil Smith River as well. Redwood forests are very quiet, still and peaceful. They have an ancient, mystical feel with deep colors and a rich, earthy nourishing smell. Gorgeous. There is nothing like walking through the majestic redwoods. (I've washed my truck 3 times since driving through the redwoods and there is still mud visible, oy.)We also took many coastal walks with our cameras along beaches and marshes. Unfortunately, there was far too much rain to get the trike out again.
Good morning, Crescent City. View from the RV window.
Overlook at Requa outing
Beach and surf
I checked-in and paid for a week at the Lighthouse Cove RV park. The forecast turned stormy for my last day and warned of at least 50 mph winds overnight starting at midnight. This RV park is right on Crescent Harbor which has no protection from the wind. Usually, I try to park into the wind to blunt the worst effects. Unfortunately, the winds in Crescent City always shift 180 degrees during storms and this method of parking is futile. I talked to a couple in the next site who have a trailer similar to mine asking if they knew of the impending storm. They didn't know about the winds, thanked me for the info but were not at all concerned. The only precaution they would take is to make sure their slide was in. Not only were the winds going to be 50 mph my last night but the next day, when I planned to move on, the winds were going to be 30-40 mph. I wasn't thrilled about either prospect of trying to sleep through 50 mph winds or driving in 30-40 mph winds while towing a trailer. I decided to forego my last night and pulled up stakes a day early.
Fishing baskets - not sure what kind though
Crescent beach panorama at low tide
Trail of Titans
Fragile moss in the rain
Mushrooms growing on a redwood log
Titan's trail
Video of Trail of Titans hike
My friend Bev's sister, Sue, recently moved to Eureka and I plotted a route south to take Hwy 299 over to Redding. We made plans to meet for coffee at the junction with Hwy 101 where I would turn eastward. In the morning, as I was packing to leave, I noticed my neighbor on the other side was also hitching up. He and his wife were leaving because of the impending winds. He was driving to Redding and was concerned that he had to take Hwy 199 instead of Hwy 299. He said a section of Hwy 299 is closed for wildfire repairs and there is a 4 hour detour around this closure. Oh boy and if I hadn't talked to him I wouldn't have known about the closure on Hwy 299 until making the turn which is a 1.5 hour drive south. Hwy 199 starts just north of Crescent City and this meant I couldn't meet up with Sue. Bummer and we'll definitely have to do it the next time I come through the area.
Good night, Crescent City
I've taken Hwy 199 numerous times. This is the quickest road to go from Crescent City to Portland. The first 15 miles are treacherous through the Jedediah Smith redwood national park. There are often deadly crashes on this road. Personally, I think the posted speed limit is too high. There are places I've driven in my sister's Mini Cooper that I couldn't keep up with the speed limit. Imagine towing a trailer or driving a logging truck? I know this road well enough to keep my speed only as fast as I feel comfortable. I expected there would be more cars and trucks because of the Hwy 299 closure but, luckily, traffic was light. I pulled over anytime it was safe so faster driver's could pass. Once through the redwoods the road straightens out just before crossing into Oregon. Hwy 199 does a loop into Oregon before joining I-5 at Grant's Pass. It's important to be very aware of the weather conditions on I-5. The pass over the Siskiyou mountains can get buried in snow and chains will be required. Today, it was windy and overcast but, thankfully, I didn't need to worry about snow too. In Medford, I stopped at Costco to fill up saving more than $1/gallon before crossing back into California.
Route on Hwy 199. You can see the closure on Hwy 299 and detour
I had made a reservation at a Harvest Hosts golf course in Redding, Gold Hill. Harvest Hosts is a web based subscription service for RVers. The idea is that properties offer a safe place to spend the night in exchange for members supporting the business. There are 3 levels of membership. The basic level is for most of the properties all over the US with even more in Canada and Mexico. The next level up includes golf courses. Harvest Hosts recently merged with Boondockers Welcome and there is a membership that includes all the properties available. This is the membership I have. Membership for all properties is $130/year and includes wineries, breweries, museums, farms, boondocking in people's driveways and golf courses. There are thousands of locations. Rarely are there hook-ups or services available and you are expected to be self-contained. Usually you can only stay for one night but there are exceptions especially with the Boondockers Welcome properties.
Even though I don't play golf, I love staying at the courses. They are quiet, have large parking lots that are level and easy to turn around in, beautiful scenery for walking and golf courses are also well known for good food and drinks. I typically will eat a meal or have a cocktail enjoying the scenery. This was the 1st time I stayed at a property that didn't have a requirement to buy something. The woman who responded to my request to stay even invited me to come into the club house in the morning for complimentary coffee. I parked by the practice course and had a view of a beautiful grove of oak trees.
Nice and quiet place to park for the night
Parked at Gold Hills golf course
The next day I moved to another Harvest Host golf course just 4 miles away, Tierra Oaks. This course felt more upscale than Gold Hill. Again, the scenery was fantastic with level parking. Tierra Oaks is in a gated community and the gates are actually closed and locked over night from 10pm until 6am. I never go anywhere that late so I had no problem with it. I spent a very quiet and restful evening there. In the morning I saw a flock of 50 wild turkeys and followed them to see what they were up to and watched them fly over a fence into the trees. That was cool. There were lots of birds flying all around my trailer. At both golf courses I couldn't spend any money because the weather was too poor. Without golfers, they didn't open the restaurant or bar. No one seemed to mind and I had a terrific stay at both courses. For anyone RVing regularly, I highly recommend Harvest Hosts. It's a heck of a bargain and you get to stay at beautiful and interesting properties that are off the beaten track.
Wild turkeys at Tierra Oaks
Beautiful golf course to stay at
Parked at Gold Hills
The 3rd morning in Redding, I went up to Shasta Dam with my trailer. There was lots of rain as I drove. I wanted to check out some boondocking spots. The real reason I was hanging around Redding was to, hopefully, ride my trike on the Sacramento River trail. I had been here a year ago and really enjoyed this trail. It is truly spectacular. As I was driving, I saw some road pull-outs that were noted on the boondocking phone apps but I wanted to find a place to stay for a few days. I ended up at the Shasta Dam visitor's center and pulled in. They have a nice exhibit with an informative 20 minute video describing the construction of the dam. This dam is really an engineering marvel. Lots of complicated pieces of equipment needed to be invented just to make the construction possible. Shasta dam is directly responsible for turning the central valley into the agricultural powerhouse that fueled much of California's growth to becoming the 5th largest economy in the world. I also talked to a security guard who told me I could extend my trike ride from the end of the bike trail and take a road up to the top of Shasta dam and actually ride over the top. From the visitor's center you could see the road that goes from the trail to the top. Pretty cool!
Lake Shasta
I wasn't finding boondocking spots that would be comfortable to stay for a few days and drove back into Redding. I pulled into a RV park that I stayed at last year - Marina RV Park. The reason I wanted to stay here is I can ride from the park to the Sundial Bridge and the start of the bike trail. Even though the park is in a beautiful location right on the Sacramento River, it's not a great park. Everyone is crammed together parked inches apart on asphalt. I got really lucky because they only had one spot available for a smaller RV and mine fit. This is probably the least expensive park in the area. They charge $35.60 per night for full hook-ups. A lot of the parked RV's are old and run-down. The monthly and yearly rates are probably quite cheap. The last few summers, this area has seen brutal wildfires that burned through entire communities. I'm guessing some of people living here are wildfire refugees who lost everything. I felt perfectly safe and was grateful my neighbors didn't have yappy dogs. The park is under new management and the wifi worked well for this visit. The front office people were very nice and helpful too.
Parked at the crammed Marina RV Park
The weather was still rainy but looked to clear in a couple of days. I checked in for 3 nights so I could do the ride on the Sacramento River Trail to the top of Shasta dam. I was very excited to see how extending the ride would be. The road up to the dam looked to be quite steep. To be able to ride my trike across the top of a dam was something I couldn't pass up.
Driving on a beautiful Oregon road with lots of fall colors
As with all my trips and tours all over the world for the last 15 years, I spent a good deal of time thinking about where I wanted to go and what I wanted to accomplish. On all of my past trips, there was always a definite start and end point. Typically, these cities were chosen because there was an international airport to fly in and out of with my trike. All other trips had an end date when my friend Mitzi left Portland for her home in France. When Mitzi went to France, I would go house-sit in Portland. That was the routine for 15 years. This trip would be the first where there wouldn't be an end date because I'm not returning to Portland next summer. For the 1st time in my life, I was truly a solo full-time RV nomad.
Oregon country road
The trip also started differently from how I imagined. I have always traveled solo and was surprised that a number of friends asked if they could join me for the first few days. This has never happened before. At first, there was a good size group wanting to go but once the weather forecast showed terrible storms, pelting rain and fierce winds coming through the area this group dwindled down to 4.
Dave, Edna, Patty and I had a terrific time camping together at Hult Pond deep in an Oregon forest. I found a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campsite by researching online. I wanted to find a spot that was a manageable drive and, hopefully, secluded from the strong 50 mph winds the coast would experience. It was a great find.
Start of drive to the coast
On the morning of the 3rd day, Dave and Edna got going early as they wanted to make some mileage down the coast. Patty and I were more leisurely taking a walk to the pond to fly my drone. The pond was completely still and very reflective. If you go to my Youtube channel you can see the drone video. We got hitched up in the late morning thinking we would find a place near Florence to boondock. There are many phone apps and websites where people put boondocking locations on maps with a description of the sites. One thing I really like to know when reading these reviews is what size rig the reviewer is driving. With my truck and trailer, it's important to know I can fit in a site and there's enough room to turn around. Sometimes Google earth view can provide clues unless the tree cover is too thick to see pull outs. Patty's van is much more nimble and will be able to fit in any site.
Drone shot of Hult Pond
Flying the drone with Patty and little Luna
Hult Pond from above
We liked a couple of posted options in the apps. One was an elk preserve with viewing area that had a large parking lot. Apparently, someone got away with staying there but we saw signs clearly posted that overnight parking isn't allowed. Maybe if you pull in late and leave early it would work but this isn't what me or Patty were looking for. We wanted a quiet spot that we could enjoy and not feel rushed to leave in the morning. There were a few others that, on closer inspection, were nothing more than pull-outs on a busy highway. I could see using these if I just wanted a place to spend the night but, again, not what we wanted.
We ended up stopping at the Salmon Marina Campground in Winchester Bay. This is very basic camping in an asphalt parking lot where the sites have fantastic views of Winchester bay and marina. There are no services at the sites such as electricity or water but the campground does have bathrooms with showers. It cost $25/night and is centrally located to restaurants and other businesses. Probably because of the fierce storms that had come through the area, this campground was mostly vacant. The marina had quite of few boats docked and we had our choice of probably 100 sites. It was tranquil, quiet and peaceful. There were lots of sea bird activity which was fun to watch. It was also nice to have phone service again.
Parked next to Patty's Van at Salmon Marina in Winchester Bay
Boat ready to load crab pots
This area can have super fierce winds. It's not unusual for winds in Florence to be blowing 20mph. Over the last few days the winds got up to 50mph. Camping here would have been a nightmare but those storms passed and we camped in calm but drizzly skies. The wispy clouds hanging over the coastal hills had an ethereal quality that were especially beautiful.
Salmon Marina through the RV window
While we were camping, Patty was trying out lots of things in her newly renovated van. She discovered her battery bank wasn't big enough to keep her refrigerator going overnight. These are things can make or break a camping trip. I had plenty of power between my lithium batteries and generator. Most RVs have outside outlets and she ran an extension cord to keep her refrigerator powered up. This was a good test for me as well. I'm still not sure how low I can run my lithium batteries. My real concern is having enough power overnight for my refrigerator and being able to use the power hitch in the morning. I have a few things, like a small electric heating pad for my bed and microwave that will use more power but I also don't need to use these every day. Otherwise, my power usage is from my laptop and charging up camera batteries which I don't think use much. It seems that 300ah lithium batteries should be enough to power everything but I wasn't sure. I ran my propane powered generator for an hour to top off the batteries to be on the safe side. Power usage is something I'll probably understand better as I boondock more. Power and water usage are the biggest concerns when off grid camping self-contained.
Patty and I have good friends that live in Florence and we were hoping to see them. Bill and Connie have been part of the recumbent community longer than I have. On my trike touring trips down the coast I have stayed with them and this was always a highlight. Bill just finished chemo and radiation treatments and I wasn't sure if he would be ready to socialize. He is a very strong guy and drove down from Florence to meet us. We all sat in my trailer and chewed the fat for a couple of hours. Bill is a sweet, dear friend and I was thrilled to see him and hear his treatments were successful.
Patty with Bill
After a very quiet night's rest, I got hitched up to continue on down the coast. The morning was misty but not windy. I decided to try something new with my Skydio drone and have it follow us taking video as we left the marina campground. It worked great. I can see using this drone to get video as I'm driving on quiet country roads. So far, I've only used the Skydio to track me and friends on our trikes but this is a new way to get fun footage. Patty and I had a terrific time camping together. We said our goodbyes and went our separate ways.
Drone shot at the marina
Hwy 101 Viewpoint
The road south on Hwy 101 was gorgeous. My drive started out drizzly and grey but slowly warmed up and became clear. By the time I got to Brookings, the skies had cleared completely and the temperature had risen to 70 degrees. Glorious.
My route from Winchester Bay, Oregon to Crescent City, California
I had an item on my agenda I wanted to take care of in Brookings. More than a month ago, my friend Lonnie was looking over the trailer and noticed the inside of the trailer tires were wearing. Apparently, this is normal because trailer wheels don't articulate and the inside of the tires get more scrubbed than the outside. At the time, I had stopped at a tire shop and they agreed there was tire wear but not enough to replace the tires. Getting new tires is a big expense especially since my trailer has 2 axles and 4 tires. Oregon doesn't have sales tax and I thought if I needed to replace my tires I could save a good amount of cash doing this before I crossed the border to California. The last coastal town in southern Oregon is Brookings where there is a Les Schwab tire shop. These franchises are well known to be honest and fair. I stopped in and someone helped me right away. The saleswoman looked over the tires and said if it were her trailer she would wait to replace the tires. I was clearly ready to buy tires and I really appreciated her frankness and willingness to forego a sale. That stop saved me a lot of money.
Video of driving from Oregon to California
From there I went to Fred Meyer for gas. It's always important to fill up before crossing the border because gas prices are at least $1/gallon higher in California. With a full tank and all errands checked off, I crossed the border into California heading to Crescent City where my sister lives. There was a bonus to arriving in Crescent City today. My friends Dave and Edna were camped an extra day. I pulled into the Lighthouse Cove RV park in bright sunshine with plenty of time to get our trikes out and go for a spin.
Dave and Edna are ready to ride
I had lived in Crescent City with my sister during the Covid lockdown and know the area well. There is, surprisingly, very good biking here. I took Dave and Edna on a bit of a tour showing them some of the highlights. The roads, even neighborhood streets, are extra wide with little traffic. I have always felt safe riding everywhere in Crescent City. The bigger boulevards all have bike lanes or wide shoulders. On this ride I took them to Wonderstump Rd which goes through a thick grove of old growth redwoods. Usually the road is very quiet but we had some major police activity. A house on the road was being raided. We couldn't tell if it was a drug bust or looking for a person of interest. The Pelican Bay super max prison isn't far away and we wondered if, maybe, a prisoner had escaped. That was some unexpected excitement, for sure.
Riding with Dave and Edna on Wonderstump Rd
Majestic redwoods of Wonderstump Rd
Video riding through spooky Wonderstump Rd redwoods
I think the ride was around 25 miles and it felt good to be on the trike after all the rain and driving. I also enjoyed showing Dave and Edna around. We stopped at Art's BBQ for terrific brisket, pork ribs and chicken with all the fixins to take back to our trailers for dinner. We got back to the RV park just in time to see a beautiful sunset.
Good timing to make it back for the sunset
Brisket - yum!
BBQ pork ribs
I checked into the Lighthouse Cove RV Park for a week. Since my sister lives here and I'm not in a hurry, I decided to take some extra time. Even though my trip had only started 3 days earlier I was already behind on my photo processing, blog and video posting. There is plenty to see and, at the moment, the weather looks favorable. This RV park is also nice and affordable.
