On the Road - Day 4

[Father's Day]
-- Pat called her dad -- Vance received calls from Joy, Saira, Donn

Drove through the Avenue of the Giants - Ancient Redwoods. At Redcrest gift shop picked up placemats of Redwoods Coast. Followed the Eel River for a while, which "snaked" back and forth to the left of our relatively straight road. Stunning steep mountain country. We are feeling relaxed and no longer watching the watch.

In Eureka went to Kinko's to laminate our Journey Together - Pat's 2006 poem...we're going to put it up in the RV:
Thoughts
We're setting out on a journey
You and I
As we navigate the winding road
of life - together
I'll trust your hand on the wheel
And your foot on the pedal
And my spirit will lift
To the tune you whistle
as we enjoy the landscape
whizzing by
Ah - and all of the interesting places
We visit along the way
It is a fine companion I'll be

We were directed to a fish restaurant, but couldn't get there as the RV is 10'6" and the underpass was noted at 10' even! Good thing we saw the sign in time to avoid decapitating the "clamshell" storage box on top.

Stopped 2 towns north at McKinleyville for a Denny's lunch of chicken fried steak for Vance and Grilled Shrimp for Pat - we can both order off the senior menu! Took photos (VAK camera) of the sea stacks about 10 miles south of Crescent City.

Heading inland, everywhere I looked, I said, "Oh my God, it is so beautiful here." Deep green Douglas fir trees. We called ahead to stay at an RV place on Rt.199 that turned out to look like a parking lot, so we proceeded on to Panther Flat, a USDA camp in the Six Rivers National Forest. A stream flowed past just below our site. Light filtering through the trees brought the scene to life. Very nice "hosts" - lady in a wheelchair and her husband.

Ended at Panther Flat - Six River Forest USDA site. [Warm showers, $1.50 worth of quarters gave 6 minutes to shower, green woods location on a lively stream.]
Odometer 58,620.0 (170.8) Total: 477.2