Day 108 Miles: 34* From Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park to Crescent City Can’t say I’m excited to get back on the road this morning, but we’ve only got 26 miles to get to Crescent City, which is where we’re meeting up with J’s parents for a few days. I hope I don’t die before…
Day 107: hold your line
Day 107 Miles: 22* From Patricks Point State Park to Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Another gray morning – I notice a trend, Out here on the coast, I don’t think it ends – Silver sea, silver sky, and imposing black rocks, Sights to delight on our late morning walk. The fog is now lifted,…
Day 106: Moving on
Day 106 Miles: 55* From Ferndale to Patricks Point State Park After a late night, Blake got up at 4 am to make some beet deliveries. We slept in. We played at farmer for a couple days, and we’re exhausted – so we sleep in, wake up on the margins of the beet field, next…
Day 105: to the races
Day 105 Miles: zero Ferndale “It can’t be worse than last night.” The thought from last night rings like a taunt. The only mosquito in a five mile radius found me last night, and we hadn’t set up the net-tent. But c’mon. What’s one mosquito compared to an entire crew of acid tripping teenagers? I…
Day 104: heeeey, I said heeeey! (and, why is hoeing beets so hard?)
Day 104 Miles: 1* Ferndale Blake recommended we camp to the other side of the cliffs on the beach, but have you tried to move a loaded bicycle through beach sand? We set up the tarp right in front of the parking area, where a log and a signpost give us something solid for our…
Day 103: the coast
Day 103 Miles: 27* From Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park to the ocean Mr. Snore-man in the site next to us is still at it in the morning – except he’s also managed to somehow collapse his tent on himself in the middle of the night. Loud, rasping snores emanate from a big, yellow puddle…