Day 2 Up the Pacific Coast

Up the Pacific Coast Day 2 Friday September 7, 2018

Today starts in Fort Bragg, California
And finishes in Eureka, California
This is like going home, and home has memories

Places Visited Along The Way, Photos, and Notes
This is familiar territory for me. I grew up in Eureka and always enjoy going back for a visit.
When I woke up in Fort Bragg, the day seemed bright and clear Going over to breakfast, I found the bike covered in heavy dew Oh, great! I'll be starting out with a wet saddle
The early morning part of the ride was inland a bit and absolutely gorgeous, but a bit chilling This second shot was sort of backhand toward the rear
There are numerous state beach parks up the coast This is good because there are many beautiful beaches I guess it must be difficult to think up a name for each This is "Seaside Beach" I guess they wanted to differentiate from those beaches that are not beside the sea
When I visited Westport last year, I took a lot of photos Nothing seems to have changed, click here to see more photos
The road turns inland and becomes wonderfully twisty and greatly wooded, areas of redwoods, coniferous, and deciduous If it had only been a bit warmer, it would have been perfect
The town of Leggett is where I emerged to Highway-101 There is not too much in Leggett, but there is the Leggett Post Office and a "world famous" market
I stopped in Garberville to take a photo for a "G" city and to grab a bite to eat The Eel Rive Cafe is great. I had a tuna-melt
I love the highway leading north up Humboldt County Wide, good pavement, light traffic Heading up the road, I thought I had enough fuel to reach Eureka But soon my blinky light warned otherwise So I stopped to fuel up in Fortuna, 20 miles south of Eureka
In 1956, my family moved to Eureka, CA My father went into business with two cousins They ran a Mobil Gas truck terminal. It had fuel pumps, a 60 ft scale, a restaurant, and a 60 ft greese pit (I assume the latter two were in no way related) Well, one of the cousins sort of had his fingers in the till and the truck terminal went under. In the years since, no business has ever opened in the building The owners gave it a new coat of rather drab paint and are still trying to rent/lease/sell the place
At last, I arrived in Eureka Redwood Harley-Davidson changed ownership about 3 months ago It had previously changed ownership about two years ago I'm told the owners did not get along
Eureka has always had a very bad time being afluent a mall opened maybe twenty years ago The interior hallway is a ghost town looking both directions
Best Western Bay Shore Inn Garden View has a set-apart section that surrounds a fabulous garden area Last time I stayed here, the garden was full of rhoderdendrons all in full bloom. Beautiful. There is a very large koi carp pond with wonderful fish swimming around There was also a wonderful sound of croaking frogs adding to the ambiance. The staff showed me some of the frogs, tiny, about 1-1/2 inches
The ride was very good. Up the coast was wonderful. I love the highways in Humboldt County BUT, I am tired of being cold, damp, and fatigued Looking forward and considering riding through Washington in the even colder and rainy weather is causing me to think about reconsidering my route. More thoughts on this tomorrow
Ridden miles for the day	143