Hello from McKinleyville, CA<\/p>\n
Thursday morning , October 31, 2013 (Third travelogue of this trip).<\/p>\n
Another quick update. <\/p>\n
Yesterday we drove from Grass Valley to the coast via California 20. We then picked up US 101 and plan to take that to just south of Portland. We are staying at the Holiday Inn (map)<\/a>. <\/p>\n The drive here was great. The weather has improved significantly. The drive on CA 20 took us through some very picturesque farming country. We saw a large number of rice fields (they do not appear to call them paddies in the US. Rice farming is quite an amazing process. The fields are flooded and the seed is planted by airplane. A good explanation is found here: (link)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once we hit 101, we began to see redwood trees. At one point we took a detour called the \u201cAvenue of the Giants\u201d. It is amazing to drive though the thick forest of huge redwood trees. <\/p>\n Our drive today should include the Redwood National Park where the trees should be even more impressive.<\/p>\n We have about 450 miles to travel in the next two days in order to end up in Aurora, OR so that I can visit another friend from the racing world (Bonneville in this case).<\/p>\n That is all of now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello from McKinleyville, CA Thursday morning , October 31, 2013 (Third travelogue of this trip). Another quick update. Yesterday we drove from Grass Valley to the coast via California 20. We then picked up US 101 and plan to take … Continue reading