Arcata, CA the most westerly point of our trip

 

June 26

We left Weed, CA for the furthest westerly point on our trip today, Arcata, CA.  In Weed the temperature was to be near 100 today.  When we arrived in Arcata the temperature was 61.  We could see a fog over the ocean, that was moving in slowly.  Our trip today took us to Redding then west on one of the hardest drives I have had to make in an RV.  Not only was the road not straight, it was up and down some major mountains.  As we started out of Redding the surrounding hills were covered with gnarly trees - most of them had been in forest fires.

  In fact, most of this drive was in and out of burn areas.  So sad to see all of these forests burned. As we drove through this area, a lot of the time the mountain came down to the roadway and on the other side was a direct drop to in to a beautiful river. 

We were lucky not to have too much traffic to contend with, but we did watch behind us and try to not to have too many cars backed up behind us.  We pulled off regularly to prevent this.

Arriving in Arcata, we took a break and then proceeded up to the Trinidad area where we went down to the coast to see some of the big rocks in the ocean (sea stacks). 

It was fun walking in and out of some of them.  They really are entertaining.  It amazed me how many people were on the beach with no sun and a cool breeze blowing.