Eureka to Healdsburg California through the Redwoods

What a beauty drive that was, sometimes windy and really narrow in some places, but was nice to see the huge redwood trees are still alive in what seemed like huge amounts. Polly and I took a turn off 101, and went to what was a small town, Pepperwood. On our way there the road wound through the huge redwoods, and we stopped off the road in Humboldt Redwoods State Park to check out the trees up close. Like what we see in MacMillan Park closer to home, but  much bigger around. We met a couple visiting here from  Michigan, they had camped the night in the forest, in their tent. They were on a 2 week holiday, and were trying to see all they could of the west coast too. We talked for about 1/2 hr, and went or separate ways, was nice to hear what they liked and saw on their trip.

Soon we were over the mountains that separated the coast from the vineyards of Sonoma, and stopped at a campsite close to a town called Healdsburg on the Russian River, called Alexander Valley RV Park. The pictures looked much better than the site, but was a nice warm place to spend a couple nights, and visit Healdsburg.  

Setting up the trailer now is a little more organised, and we are establishing what each will do and when we make our way to complete setup. Choosing a campsite is something that will take some time to get right, taking a good look around once you get there is better than just driving in and then looking around. We did the drive in before we looked, and well that was another exercise in backup... I am getting better at that, not that I want the practice. The whole process, once you have traveled a good portion of the day, you just want to get set up. Easy to jump ahead and make an error while just wanting to get set. We took more time this time once we got the layout of the place, and decided where we wanted to be, then decide exactly where the trailer should be. Level it and then we are on our way to getting all done.

All finishes with a beer, and a talk about what we could have done better, and what we will do next time, as well as... OK What's next?

This time we cooled off in the river, which was more of a creek now as the summer has taken its toll on this area as it has many places this year. Water was colder that I thought it was going to be, but I did get right in eventually. Polly just her legs got cooled, but she was happy to get a little cooler. We had our air-conditioned on for the first time, was nice to have the warm sun, but liked the cool air from the AC. All is working good with truck and trailer, Polly always says knock on wood when she says that.