I would have posted last night, but apparently giant redwoods and elk interfere with cell reception.
Yesterday I stopped by Trees of Mystery, where they had these giant concrete statues. I didn’t pay the $15 for their gondola ride, since it was kind of foggy and I wasn’t sure if that’s the kind of tourist attraction that I’d be into. Better to spend the money on delicious food, and keep finding my own views.
I thought this was super cool, and got more pictures of it from more angles.
Speaking of food- this smoked salmon was great!
Found a log with several large banana slugs on it. Check them out!
Saw this sign…
Looked to the left…
Yeah, that’s a big tree!!
Here’s the Elk Meadow where I camped last night. Got some cool pictures there, but didn’t see any elk.
Here are some elk-
I didn’t see them until this morning, along 101.
I stopped in Orick, and saw this- it’s just so different from what I’m used to in Oakland:
Saw a beach with some good looking surf after that, but These signs suggested that this is not the place to go splashing around:
Regardless, the fog was getting so bad that I almost decided to stop. This is about as bad as it for though:
Now I’m well enough rested, and will try to get past Eureka for my next camp. Less than 300 miles to go!
Did you forget the Native American museum at Trees of Mystery?
on’t ride any Elk, those are not handle bars!
Darn it, you’re right! Totally forgot the museum, didn’t see a sign, but now I remember you telling me about it.
Lindy and I were talking about Paul Bunyan and Babe on our way back from Michigan today, didn’t realize he went so far west! Those are BIG trees!