We left Fortuna this morning heading to Inverness and another day of spectacular sights and scenery. After carefully checking the maps, we decided it was safe to take a scenic by-pass and venture through the Redwoods on the Avenue of the Giants. Then we continued down the coast on Rt. 1, which provided spectacular coastal views and (surprise, surprise) lots more Redwood trees-guess we could have skipped Avenue of the Giants since we were driving thru Redwoods Nat'l Forest. I finally gave up taking pictures. Just when I thought I'd captured the most beautiful sight ever, I see another one-more breath-taking than the previous one. I have also gotten over the delusions I had about all the reading I was going to do while traveling. How can I have my nose in a book when we are driving through such beautiful countryside?
At Al's recommendation, we stopped at a Salt Point State Park. This provided a much needed break from driving and gave us a chance to hike around a bit and of course, view spectacular waves crashing into the rocky coastline. Then it's back in the car again. We are not far from Al and Wendy's house-Sea Ridge-at this point and are confident we will be there before dark.
However, driving along Rt.1 is like driving the hairpin curves of Needles Highway in South Dakota--across the entire state of South Dakota. It took us lots longer than expected to cover the miles to Inverness. Once again, despite our efforts not to, we arrived at our destination and had to find our accomodations in the dark--always a fun time. But with a few calls to our hosts, Al Tabor and Wendy Walsh, we made it to Sea Ridge House outside of Inverness. Ahhhhh-time for a glass of wine!
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