It’s about 7:30 in the morning and I’m having a cup of coffee at Mosgo’s coffee shop in Arcata, CA. The coffee isn’t the greatest cup I’ve ever had but there is free wifi here, so I can’t complain too much. After a few sips the coffee is starting to taste better, or my taste buds have been desensitized to the point that I can’t taste anything. Either way it’s better then the crap I’ve been brewing in camp.
I drove from Crater Lake through the Redwoods to Arcata, CA yesterday. It wasn’t that long of a drive, something like 7 hours total, but by the end i was dead tired. I didn’t feel like setting up camp so, I booked a room at the Motel 6 and was sleeping by 8:00. I plan to head back into the Redwoods today and find a camp site to hang out at for a couple of days.
It was a great drive. I went through Medford, back up to Grants Pass and cut across into California on Highway 199 which is also called Redwood Highway. Once you get into California on 199 the road gets good and curvy which was a blast in the little Honda. I was also taken aback at how the climate changes so radically coming down the hill into Crescent City. Up high it is fairly dry with scrub pines, the sun is out and the air temp is in the upper 80’s lower 90’s. Then you drop down and it gets cooler, the trees get bigger until finally you’re socked in a low level cloud/fog bank and the air temp is in the 50’s. It’s an amazing change of climate over a 45 minute drive.
Well, the coffee is getting cold and I need to get on the road.
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