We got a fairly early start from our parking spot on the Pacific Ocean. To bad it was chilly and we could not leave the windows open and listen to the surf and the Sea Lions all night, but you could hear the Sea Lions even with everything closed up in a "keep warm" status.

We had a beautiful sunrise with the low hanging clouds and to the west, out across the ocean and the big rocks it was also a beautiful sight.

Our parking space did not leave us enough room to make a U turn, so we continued on north and within about a mile we came to the end of the road. It ended in a large parking lot that overlooked the ocean and close by there was a large older home that was being remodeled. There apparently was someone living there as there were several cars around. We turned around and drove back to Crescent City and picked up some information on the Redwoods and headed down US101.

We took the first exit we came to for the Avenue of the Giants and sr254. This is a narrow two lane (mostly) road that goes right down into the huge redwood trees. It parallels US101 in several areas, but is really remote. There are a few small towns along the road but not much going on, just beautiful trees that are so tall you can hardly see the tops.

We are currently in Myers Flat, CA, a small town a few blocks long and a couple or three blocks wide. There is an exit here for 101 or you can continue on down 254 thru the redwoods for another 12 miles to the south end of the avenue.


It is a slow drive with lots of short turns, many 20 to 30mph and trees that you have to dodge as they are actually in a small portion of the pavement. Not much of a problem with a small car but with a big rig, you have to move over in the other lane a bit and if there is another car coming somebody has to give a little. Our size is a bit intimidating for other drivers and they quickly make room for you.

We are camped this evening in the Redwood campground, actually among a lot of redwood trees and very close to the river.

As a side note, we have seen several markers along the road indicating the water level in 1964. Apparently there was a big flood or a Tsunami that year that flooded a lot of the area.

Last night our GPS indicated that we were 12.6feet above sea level, which is not very high. I can understand how a huge wave could really cause a lot of damage.

Tomorrow it is on south to somewhere, we are not sure at this time, maybe decide tomorrow.