June 15, 2019
Day 3.
Today did not start off excellently. In fact, it started off with a hangover. That’s what drinking copious amounts of wine with friends has the tendency to do… make you hungover.
Eventually, I started feeling “ok” enough to pick a destination. That destination, folks, turned out to be Crescent City, CA. Spoiler alert: nothing special.
I rolled out of St. Helena at about 13:00, so perfectly on schedule seeing as how I have no schedule.
It was perfect weather, clear skies, warm temps as I wound my way through the Napa valley on some perfectly winding roads. Absolutely beautiful day. The roads kept being excellent as well.
Eventually it was onto the 101 for a while. Stopped in Ukiah for a bit to check out some Sun House I saw a sign for. I was curious, so pulled off for a look. Turned out to be some sort of museum, which I wasn’t in the mood for. Even so, found a cool wall with an old door, saw an old house. Nearly melted. It got hot. So hot.
Back to the 101 where the scenery kept getting better as I rolled along. Redwoods started dominating the landscape, and I got excited for…
Avenue of the Giants! Not my first time, but these trees never cease to amaze. So massive. I always pretend I’m flying through on a speeder bike (yeah, I know how nerdy that is). I did the whole thing from bottom to top, and enjoyed all of it.
Grabbed gas in Miranda while I was passing through. The lady couldn’t understand how my bike took so much fuel. “Never seen a BMW motorcycle…” That can’t be right. Oh, at this point the weather was still great. That’s foreshadowing, in case you were wondering why I mentioned the weather.
After a while you’re forced back to the 101, so that’s what happened next. The Redwood Highway does not disappoint. Still crazy beautiful sights to be seen.
Unfortunately, it started to get cold. Then colder. Enough that I pulled over, zipped every zipper closed, and found warmer gloves. Good thing I did because the fog started rolling in taking temps further south. Down into the 50s south. Brr.
I kept seeing cool things to stop at (like the best old building in the pictures), but it was getting late. I was getting tired. It was getting colder. Some cool stuff had to go unexplored. Really didn’t get to my hotel until about 20:30.
Long day, but totally worth it. Tomorrow: it’s on to Portland!
Odo Start: 15,151
Odo End: 15,472
Daily Miles: 321
Cum. Miles: 909
Ryan Cavalier 