Jen's Journal

We have been through some redwood forests, and the girth of these trees is incredible. Some are claimed to be over 2000 years old! There were lots of Elk at our campsite two nights ago at Elk Prarie Campground, which didn't end up being a misnomer. There were also hummingbirds, which scared the shit out of Larry, (Dave and I don't quite understand how he can be a mountainman and have a little bird frighten him so).

We continue to encounter people who are interesting and extremely kind. There was Dutch couple who greated us at our campsite a couple nights ago with fresh strawberries and an invite to a raging bonfire party. However, my most recent favorite was the waitress at the restaurant that was selling their baked goods at 1/2 price. The lot of us are rather cheap and seeing this deal we sat down and started eating them out of dayolds. Larry ate so many the waitress decided that if you buy 8 you should get 2 free. We rolled ourselves out to the parking lot only to have the waitress start banging on the window to get our attention. I guess she had packed the three of us a to-go bag of treats, (no charge).

Well, this cold weather is starting to wear on me and my body. My left knee decided to start aching two days ago. We stayed at a KOA site last night, c/w hot tub, and a swimming pool, and I have been eating Advil and soaking my body. If it doesn't sort itself out I will have to take a real day off. Anyways, I am holding up the troops and must get my bags packed up and off to the Avenue of the Giants we head.

I think today the three becomes two again, (Dave will probably be staying here). And if my knee doesn't recover I may become a solo cyclist - again. Not that that is a bad thing. I seem to never be short of someone starting up a conversation.