Last night we stayed in Crescent City, on the 101 just past the California border. It's the beginning of the Redwood forests area. Today is a long travelling day, just winding our way through the forest area. We'll be making our way to Ukiah.
Well, we had some serious coffee aficionado recommend some coffee stops to us...and I just want to tell you, Patrick G, you get to be my new best friend. We drove an hour and a half from Crescent City to Aracata this morning to check out your coffee recommendation there. Ring. Er. And now we'll trust you forever.
Friends don't let friends drink bad coffee.
But here's the deal. Arcata is just the epitome of California coastal cuteness...take note Mary L. They don't even allow fast food there, so as not to mess with the deco-ness of Arcata's historical buildings. So we hung out there for a while, in a little square (a circular one) in the middle of town under our first palm trees. Qu. Aint.
Picnic stop. I'm feeding my family little whole wheat wraps rolled with Tillamook cheese and bologna. Yes, my friends, I'm feeding my family bologna. Well. It's round and fits perfectly in the ww wrap, which is about four inches across. Don't need mayo or anything, they love it and I'm bleeding this one until they get tired of it. Don't judge.
We also eat the likes of snap peas, baby carrots, rice crackers, fig newtons and roasted almonds. Car food.
But today we are stopping at Eureka...
We found a nice park to eat and play and lay in the grass and after a leisurely break we got in the van to head to Leggett to drive through a tree. And see gazillions of giant Sequoia, some with a fifty foot or more circumference.
The landscape changes frequently, oceans, mountains, ranches, forests...much like the Island but on a far larger scale. We just entered wine country, and tomorrow will prove a whole new kind of beauty.
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