Pebble Beach Classic Rally – August 2014 – Day 5

Riverside to Eureka. 168 miles.

Today I realised a dream and drove through a forest of Redwoods. To me they add another dimension to the word ” majestic”. So we stopped and I hugged one!
Our run was down the Redwood highway to the Pacific coast at Crescent City. The road was excellent, passing through forest with a number of small towns and some industrial stuff. There was more traffic than we have been used to, but no problems. Reg and I are enthusiastic collectors of quirky signs.

• We collected these this morning:
• “New beer– Slippery Zipper ” at the “G Spot” bar
• A Cobra with the number plate. “HSSSS”
• A hearse with the number plate. “FNL RYD “
• Chicken fried steak
• Spotty’s Car Wash

We had lunch looking over the Pacific, then headed down the Redwood Highway to Eureka. We are staying at the Carter House, which is a beautiful Victorian boutique hotel. Eureka is famous for its Victorian architecture.

I’ll finish with a couple of general observations. There is coffee available everywhere. It’s awful and almost invariably comes in paper cups. Yuk!

All the places we have stayed have abandoned check in codes for WIFI. About time.