Today, we relaxed with a 47 mile cruise down the California coast to Garberville. In order to get to our destination today, we traveled along the "Avenue of the Giants", a 35 mile cruise through some of the oldest and largest redwoods in the world. The ride was very cool - - we passed by multiple "peace camps" and I'm sure, many many marijuana groves (supposedly the largest cash crop up here). The road twisted and turned through the redwoods and into and out of the shade. We climbed approximately 2500 feet long the way. The air is filled with smoke from one of several fires burning in the area. Gsrberville is also crowded with CDF (California Dept of Forestry Fire) ready to be staged to go fight one of the fires. Our ride was easy today - we were helped by a strong tailwind that all of us hope will continue tomorrow as we begin our long climb up to Leggett, then down back to the coast to rendezvous with my brother-in-law Dave and sister-in-law Karol, in Fort Bragg. From there, it looks like another three days and we'll be riding into San Francisco!
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