On the road at 6:46, After a quick breakfast at the motel. Managed four blocks down Highwaay 101 before stopping at Starbucks to fuel up.
I checked CALTRANS last night for road work on 101 and found five projects. Worries were for naught, as delays were minimal. However, the two areas where it looked like the roadbed had fallen away may have been exciting for Southbound drivers.
Light fog or low clouds, I don't know which, hung around for a few hours and then mostly sunny for the rest of the day. Temperatures hung out in the 60's, with wind going from mild to screw your hat on.
Yesterday I was pretty bummed for missing a certain road with a very big Redwood tree. Thought I had another shot at it today, but it was truly missed. Anyway, we ended up dong a drive through Prairie Creek Redwood State Park and got to see some really large old trees. Not the largest tree, but at least big.
And speaking of big things, how about this at the Trees of Mystery.
Driving either North of South on Highway 101, we always plan to hit Port Orford at 11:45 to be first (or at least third) in iine for the 12:00 opening of The Crazy Norwegian's Fish & Chips. Some of the best ever. Alas, Crazy is closed on Tuesdays. While I drove, Barb worked Google and found the The Wheelhouse & Crowsnest in Bandon, Oregon. Today it became our new goto lunch stop on the coast. Barb had some of the best Fish & Chips (not armor plated like the other night), while I worked my through some pan fried oysters. We shared a bowl of good as Barb's clam chowder.
At the moment, while I'm writing the blog I'm also following the news on the possible tsunami. Usually this wouldn't be a concern, but this is the view from the deck where we will be staying to two days.
Anyway, we made it to Florence and after checking in headed down to the waterfrot for a walkaround. A quick trip through Kitchen Klutter identified a few items for purchase tomorrow and then hit Moe's for a little dinner and with that our day ended.
Tomorrow we spend the day around Florence.
286.7b miles today.
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