Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

Jul 18, 2005

Coming home

Coming home, the main thing to see was the Avenue of the Giants, an area of redwoods which has some of the oldest and biggest samples of the species.

Years ago I went there with a friend, in a car, and vowed that I would ride that road on a motorcycle.

Because of the shade, I was able to withstand the horrendous heat a little better. It was foggy coming out of Eureka, but that soon burnt off as we got further south! Whew!

The big tree is the Immortal Tree, which is about a thousand years old and has survived all sorts of nonsense.

The photographs I took were disappointing. I think I had my camera set to the wrong setting, so they are all either blurred or overexposed, or both. I’ll just have to go back.

We met a bunch of Harley riders just finishing their “highway cleaning” duties (adopt-a-highway). They were cool people, and I took a group shot for them. They took one of me and D. but I’m not allowed to post it online. It’s nice, though. We don’t get many “couple” pictures.

Yesterday, we came down through parts of the wine country. The last picture is a bit of well-needed shade in Petaluma.

And that’s the end of the travelog, brief but with pretty pictures. I hope you enjoyed it. I know I did :: grin ::