Day 6 |
December 23, 1997 | Outbound Trip Home Page |
656 Miles Today: 221 Miles |
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Mystic
Forest RV Park Klamath CA |
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| Left Oceanside RV at 11 am (so much for an early start) and then shopped! First a bought a treasure trove of shells: a cowry for hearing the sea, three sectioned shells, a sea star, a bag of big assorted shells, a scoop of magical little ones, and a glass float. Now I just have to get around to drawing them … | |||
| Then shopped in Coos Bay. First a stop at the Myrtlewood factory (bought a bag of beans for soup, and two great maps; at last! I've been having map-withdrawal symptoms) then to Fred Meyer, for grocery supplies. Had great conversations with the woman at the Myrtlewood shop and the espresso cart guy at Freddies. Americans (in this part of the country, at least) seem to be raised to be friendly and chatty. Makes the day just that bit nicer for everybody. Can't be bad for sales, either. | |||
| Drove south out of Coos Bay on Hwy 101 in the driving rain at about 1 pm, arriving in Klamath at 4.30 pm. Rain is good weather for making one drive south. The countryside and the weather indeed turned drier as we went along. There seemed to be more deciduous trees and fewer evergreens; it makes the hillsides look brown (California's state color?) in winter. | |||
| At Brookings, on the Oregon/California border, we were interrogated by a border guard. Were we were carrying any fruit? Yes Officer, some oranges. Navels? Yes, Officer. OK you may go. | |||
| Found an art supply store in Crescent City,
where I stocked up on silver writing pens; then through the Redwood forests to Klamath. Now in a nice campsite by the highway - secluded though. The site isn't completely level: makes me feel queasy walking around inside the rig. S. doesn't even notice. |
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| Apparently a lot of wildlife here: the local bear apparently stopped by last night and strew garbage everywhere. Apparently putting some extra weights on to of the dumpster annoyed it rather than stopped it. | |||