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Day 21 – California to Oregon

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We left Arcata this morning and headed north on Route 101 along the coast of California.Smith River
The weather was not that good, so we jumped on Route 199 in Crescent City and headed inland where the weather was nicer. It went from raw and cloudy 50s to partly sunny, nice 70s.

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It was a really nice road through more redwood forests and into Oregon.

7-22_oregon We stopped along the way to fuel up and ended up talking with some local folks. There were also a couple of other guys on motorcycles. We compared notes on the best routes to take on our trips

Eventually, we ended up connecting to Route 5 North into Eugene, Oregon and settled in to a Comfort Inn. We had a decent meal at a local restaurant around the corner.

We rode 288 miles today.

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Current trip total: 6,132 miles.

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Day 20 – The Redwood Forests

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We left Fort Bragg this morning, but stopped at a breakfast place called “Eggheads” before we left town. Awesome breakfast! If you are ever in Fort Bragg, we highly recommend it.

We continued up Route 1 towards Leggett.  This was another amazing section of road for a motorcycle ride.

When we got to Leggett, we continued up to Route 101 which is the Redwood Highway.  We stopped at one of the small parks where you can actually drive through a tree.

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Amazing.  The size of the tree was simply incredible.

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We continued up the Redwood Highway until we got to the entrance of the “Avenue of the Giants”

You don’t know what a big tree is until you drive through a forest of these giant redwoods. It makes you feel so small.

At the same time, it gives you the feeling of – well, maybe there are giants.  7-21_redwood-treeTruly incredible.  Some of these living trees are over 2,000 years old.7-21_redwoods-sign

We ended up in Arcata, California for the night.  We only traveled 180 miles today, but it was well worth it.fort bragg ca to arcata ca

Tomorrow, we hope to get through Coos Bay, Oregon to Eugene, Oregon.  That will depend on the weather.

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