After leaving Ashland, we headed into California for the coast. Blindingly trusting Google Maps, I had a route where we drove through Northern California and over to Mendocino all set out. We knew it would be a bit longer of a day, probably about 8 hours. We quickly figured out that the first four hour portion through the Salmon River area was going to be way, way longer than that. There was no turning back and we enjoy the beautiful isolation - even after we got through a pass that said "Trailers not recommended". It was too late to turn back at that point, or the stopping point when we got out of the car only to hear Ruth comment that she thought the burning smell might be our breaks.
After close to eight and a half hours driving on this route we got to drive through the Redwoods. They are very big and pretty, and we headed into the coast. Shkuri got car sick on the windy roads, and Elias had to pee ever 45 minutes. We have no idea what was going on in urinary tract, but we have 8 or 9 pictures of him peeing at various back drops to prove it. For some reason, I told Ar that I didn't think we would need gas as we were only 20 miles from the next town. If I ever say that to him again, he has strict instructions to punch me in the face and get gas anyway. By the time we hit the coast, we had been on empty for about 20 minutes, it was pitch black, and the quaint little town's only gas pump had been closed for hours. After begging a half gallon of gas from a very nice elderly German man who ran a B& B we managed to make it another 15 miles to a gas station. I am pretty sure that the words "Thank you Jesus" were repeated several times.
The next morning we woke up and spent the day hanging out at the beach until noon. Mackericher was worth the drive, and is a really lovely spot. It is a little bit wild like the coast in Washington and we spotted a few seals.
We made it to Mackericher at close to ten o'clock, fed the kids some fruit loops and called it a day. ( I do not have a clue why the second half of this is underlined and am not good enough with html to figure it out)
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