California 2024

We got up early to fog and headed south along the Redwood Highway. We had a few crucial stops to make this morning.

First we had to inflate the tyres, which was harder than it needed to be because the pressure gauge wasn’t attached to the air hose. Still, we succeeded. Next we had to fill up with petrol. Also harder than it needed to be, not because all USA gas stations are impossible, but because I pulled up with the car facing the wrong way. After some repositioning, we succeeded.

Next was breakfast, but we’d lost the Google Maps connection and no wifi,! Luckily we found a cafe just down the street and had breakfast, and got wifi to guide us to our next task.

We drove to Eureka, where we called at Englund Marine Supplies and I bought some XrraTuffs!

Tasks complete we continued south. We pulled of the road and visited a bird reserve for a while and then continued south. Next we saw signs to a historic Victorian town and took a detour to walk around. The town was quaint and decorated for Halloween.

We continued to Miranda, travelling through lots of giant tree groves. We turned off the freeway onto The Avenue of the Giants and called at the visitor centre to get information about what to do tomorrow.

We reached Miranda in time for lunch and then checked in at 2.30pm. We had a lazy afternoon and sat out on the lawn in the evening.Read more