Day 24. Fortuna to Myers Flat, CA

Riding from Fortuna to Myers Flat for a 1pm arrival. A great weather day through the Redwoods but we decided to make it a short day of 35 miles. 

Entering Humboldt Redwoods State Park after about 14 miles on US101 out of Fortuna. In some cases the 101 was okay but as the climbs became more common the road shoulder often narrowed and traffic volume increased. 

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Riding on the "Avenue of the Giants"  is like riding through a long, shady garage of huge trunks and ferny underbrush, at least 10 degrees cooler than in the sun. Only 239 miles to San Francisco according to the sign!  Since we left Vancouver we've ridden about halfway to the Mexico border accumulating about 970 miles over 21 days. Today we're both starting to get a little weary, both mentally and physically.  We started talking about other means of travel besides riding on a bike seat. Today was my first day feeling this way but Angela has been quietly leaning in that direction for at least few days now. 

So often the Redwoods are stacked amazingly close together for such big trees bu this one stood out all by itself asking to have its picture taken. 

Does this tree make my butt look fat?

We had planned a 75 mile day today, pretty much a steady uphill climb towards Leggett, CA. However we both had heavy legs and were growing a bit weary of bike travel.  We stumbled onto this B&B in Myers Flat in the Redwoods forest and decided to pull the plug and just take the afternoon off. The temperature was in the mid 80's and very hot when we weren't in the shade of the Redwoods. 

After a shower we read, walked around and just took it easy. We also started making some adjustments to our travel plans.  In the evening we paid Dietmar and Domien a visit at their campsite about 1/4 mile away. We agreed to meet up again tomorrow night and camp together at the Standish-Hickey State Rec. Area.