Hello from Thousand Trails in Cloverdale, CA. We are parked here for 3 days, 4 counting today. My plans: 1) go to a vineyard 2) go shopping for dog food and good groceries 3) Maybe take the Kayak out. The Russian River is very low, but I might try a lake nearby. 4) Go to an awesome craft store in Cloverdale 5) get a tour of a geothermal plant 5) do some needed cleaning.
This park is very pretty. The campsites are close in places, but still plenty of trees. Many dogs abound, may make walking Leinen stressful. No wifi, I use my phone, but at least that has signal. Bathroom smells. No sewer.
Dom, I tried your suggestion about moving the pictures from the phone to the computer through a cord. When I did that Apple said I needed something upgraded on my computer. I sat through the long update only to have it say it couldn't be done with the lack of bandwidth here. Next stop maybe better wifi.
Richard and I discussed plans. Tomorrow we will go check out the visitor center at the geothermal plant. The website said the tours for this weekend are already all full. Then we'll go visit the craft store. Supposed to be in the 80's tomorrow!
Now to catch you all up on the pictures. I like to take pictures when I leave. This was the last drive to see the ocean. Good bye!
I don't have any pictures of this campground. It was a run down old church camp. They made it into an RV park because they weren't getting enough people to keep the camp running as a church camp. The overseers of this place said that kids just don't want to do this anymore. The ones in Alaska seem to not have this problem, especially the horse camp. The RV park is up for sale if any of you are interested! There is a new business across the street. A dispensary has been opened up. Lots of carved statues here in the Redwoods. I really like this cougar. The dispensary is in the building right behind the statue. There is a nice gift shop/coffee shop on the right end of the building.
There is also this tourist attraction. Something about being a very old tree. It was a free attraction, however closed when we were out looking around. Something about 1,800 years old I think. There were attractions like this all along 101 and Avenue of the Giants. As you are driving on 101 the road considerably narrows and has no shoulder as you drive through Richardson's Grove. Pretty cool.
On the Avenue of the Giants there is a visitor's center. Inside was this awesome vehicle. At first glance I thought it was a train. Richard said, no, it's an RV! Back in 1917-yes, 1917, Charles Kellogg made this. He was very popular in Vaudeville. Charles Kellogg was an American vaudeville performer who imitated bird songs, and later a campaigner for the protection of the redwood forests of California. He was born on a ranch in Susanville, California and grew up in the 1870s observing the animals and birds of the forests and learning outdoor skills. Wikipedia
He could sing 14 octaves. His voice could distinguish a flame of fire. Go to https://www.mendorailhistory.org/1_redwoods/birdman_kellogg.htm for more information.
Anyway, he built this car out of one log and drove it around back east to fight to save the redwoods.
It had a small kitchen, small lavatory, bed, drawers, and wiring for electrical appliances. That makes me wonder what electrical appliances they had in 1917. Maybe that was added on.
Well, of course I googled it. Back then it could have been a toaster, vacuum cleaner, refrigerator, dishwasher, (really?) and iron. Oh My Goodness. My Dad tells me about the first time he saw a lightbulb. He was three. Let's see, that would have been 1926. I just thought..........He could have also had lights in his car!
To the right of the visitor's center was a small campground. We were told dogs were not allowed on trails, but we could walk them around the campground. So I did. This first pic is of a tree trunk left over. Tree stump just seems not a big enough word for this thing. You can see a regular tree stump in front of it.
Richard has a nice picture of me in front of this tree. There were some visitors going around measuring trees. They measured this to be 64 feet around. At this point the dogs were in the truck and we were walking on a trail.
Hind's thought. I should have put Richard in some of my pictures for perspective. The trees were too big for my camera.
This picture depicts how at the bottom of some trees there was new growth. The forest floor was mostly bare, but there were places they were trying to get ferns to grow back.
This was a bottom of a tree. The roots are pretty shallow. Again, I need a human in the picture. Let's see, I'm 5 feet tall. You could tell that people climb into the middle from the marks. The reddish part is the middle, and I would have had to climb about 4 feet to get up in there. Maybe 20 feet in diameter?
This log was outside of the visitor's center. Shows the age of the tree.
The below tree pictures are where we had lunch, a little ways down the road. There was a tourist attraction advertising a drive-thru tree. It had big fences all around so you couldn't see in. $8.00 to drive through. $3.00 to walk through. We chose not to. We did pay $7.00 to have lunch at this park.
Notice the size of this trunk. Looks like one tree-surprise! It is three trees together.
Arriving at the campsite I spotted a covey of quail. There were about 25 in all. They were moving pretty quickly. By the time I got out my camera these were the only two I could capture before they got in the shadows. Leinen thought they were pretty cool.
Thanks again for reading. See you in a day or two.
This park is very pretty. The campsites are close in places, but still plenty of trees. Many dogs abound, may make walking Leinen stressful. No wifi, I use my phone, but at least that has signal. Bathroom smells. No sewer.
Dom, I tried your suggestion about moving the pictures from the phone to the computer through a cord. When I did that Apple said I needed something upgraded on my computer. I sat through the long update only to have it say it couldn't be done with the lack of bandwidth here. Next stop maybe better wifi.
Richard and I discussed plans. Tomorrow we will go check out the visitor center at the geothermal plant. The website said the tours for this weekend are already all full. Then we'll go visit the craft store. Supposed to be in the 80's tomorrow!
Now to catch you all up on the pictures. I like to take pictures when I leave. This was the last drive to see the ocean. Good bye!
There is also this tourist attraction. Something about being a very old tree. It was a free attraction, however closed when we were out looking around. Something about 1,800 years old I think. There were attractions like this all along 101 and Avenue of the Giants. As you are driving on 101 the road considerably narrows and has no shoulder as you drive through Richardson's Grove. Pretty cool.
On the Avenue of the Giants there is a visitor's center. Inside was this awesome vehicle. At first glance I thought it was a train. Richard said, no, it's an RV! Back in 1917-yes, 1917, Charles Kellogg made this. He was very popular in Vaudeville. Charles Kellogg was an American vaudeville performer who imitated bird songs, and later a campaigner for the protection of the redwood forests of California. He was born on a ranch in Susanville, California and grew up in the 1870s observing the animals and birds of the forests and learning outdoor skills. Wikipedia
He could sing 14 octaves. His voice could distinguish a flame of fire. Go to https://www.mendorailhistory.org/1_redwoods/birdman_kellogg.htm for more information.
Anyway, he built this car out of one log and drove it around back east to fight to save the redwoods.
It had a small kitchen, small lavatory, bed, drawers, and wiring for electrical appliances. That makes me wonder what electrical appliances they had in 1917. Maybe that was added on.
Well, of course I googled it. Back then it could have been a toaster, vacuum cleaner, refrigerator, dishwasher, (really?) and iron. Oh My Goodness. My Dad tells me about the first time he saw a lightbulb. He was three. Let's see, that would have been 1926. I just thought..........He could have also had lights in his car!
Richard has a nice picture of me in front of this tree. There were some visitors going around measuring trees. They measured this to be 64 feet around. At this point the dogs were in the truck and we were walking on a trail.
This picture depicts how at the bottom of some trees there was new growth. The forest floor was mostly bare, but there were places they were trying to get ferns to grow back.
This was a bottom of a tree. The roots are pretty shallow. Again, I need a human in the picture. Let's see, I'm 5 feet tall. You could tell that people climb into the middle from the marks. The reddish part is the middle, and I would have had to climb about 4 feet to get up in there. Maybe 20 feet in diameter?
The below tree pictures are where we had lunch, a little ways down the road. There was a tourist attraction advertising a drive-thru tree. It had big fences all around so you couldn't see in. $8.00 to drive through. $3.00 to walk through. We chose not to. We did pay $7.00 to have lunch at this park.
The picture on the left is the scenery for today. The other pic has me worried. Beware of snakes, poison oak, and another sign said to watch out for ticks. We aren't in Fairbanks anymore!
Thanks again for reading. See you in a day or two.
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ReplyDeleteI agree, Bridget, it would have been interesting to see a man's size in comparison to the trees. Aren't the trees impressive? Beautiful pics.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pics of the trees! As to buying a business in California....no thanks.
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you for all the great pics! I can't wait to see this area next year! And that RV made out of a log...oh my!
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