8 June – Klamath to Avenue of Giants

A bit of a sleep in this morning (that’s more like a holiday….).  We headed south on Highway 101, making our way to the Avenue of Giants National Park. Had a quick stop at a state park called Patrick Point and saw some more rugged coastline.  

On the way to Eureka we found an avenue of large Eucalypt Trees on the side of the 101, could even smell them…was a small reminder of home!  In Eureka we stopped by a couple of older houses built in Victorian style for the Carson Family.  

Then onto an oyster bar (no…not the “Blue Oyster Bar” from Police Academy lol) called the Humboldt Bay Oyster Tours and had a wonderful lunch tasting oysters, wine, beer & cheese.  The staff here were fantastic.  

We had a quick walk around the historic area of Eureka & moved on.  Next stop was at the Loleta Cheese factory for some cheese tasting. There was 34 different cheese, but unfortunately they were all different types/flavours of cheddar.  None the less we tried them all.  Steve tried some of them a few times…. Just to be sure (cholesterol count is going to sky rocket on this trip lol).  On leaving Loleta we noticed a burnt out car sitting in a side street & decided that it was a good idea to leave (don’t make eye contact……).  We finally arrived at the Avenue of Giants redwood park.  These trees are amazingly huge/tall.  Some are known to reach as high as 375 (about 125m). 

Driving along the road is something else as you see these huge trees right on the road side.  We camped at the Ancient Redwoods RV park, right near the Immortal Tree.  This tree is thought to be 950 years old & originally 298 feet tall.  A bolt of lightning took the top 50 foot reducing it to 248 feet and it has withstood floods, fires & even the attempt by humans to cut it down. 

Well, that’s us for the night.  Catch you tomorrow.