From Vineyards to Redwoods

We were on the road around 9:00am this morning and once again headed north on Hwy 101.

The first part of our drive took us through numerous vineyards on either side of the highway.

Last night Ken started researching for a diesel stop along our route and we finally decided to stop at the Safeway grocery store in Willits.  With a large enough purchase of groceries, we would get a $.10 a gallon discount rather than the usual $.03 off per gallon.  In addition to the groceries, we picked up sandwiches at their deli for our lunch at a rest area another 20 miles up the road.

After our lunch stop at the rest area, we continued north through the Humboldt State Redwoods area.

Most of the Hwy 101 is narrow and twisting up and down hills but is very scenic.

We arrived at the Eureka Elks lodge before 3pm and that will be our home for the next 4 nights.

Lettuce Wine on our Way to Santa Clara

We left the Atascadero Elks lodge around 9:00am this morning and started our travels north on Hwy 101 toward Santa Clara where we plan to spend at least 3 nights.

We passed by an area populated with several oil wells in a close area.

Once again, we passed several vineyards along the highway.

We were even passed by an official Google Earth street view camera atop a car.

The trees on the left served as either a privacy fence or wind barrier.

We had to slow down and move into the left lane due to an accident this morning.

The CHP officer seems to be kicking something off the road.

It looks like the price of lettuce will be going up real soon!

A fresh crop of lettuce was just starting to show in this field.  Perhaps the price won’t go up too soon.

This field looks close to being ready to harvest.

Lettuce is being harvested in this field.

We’re getting closer to San Jose.

We arrived at the Santa Clara Elks lodge and got set up in our parking place for the next three nights.  After lunch, we took a tour of the area, ran some errands and returned to the RV for the evening.

While here in Santa Clara, Ken will be meeting with a distant cousin he has recently found out about who has a family bible dating back to the early 1800’s.  Another distant cousin who we met with last spring on our way north is driving down so that they can all get together.  It should be an interesting weekend meeting new family members.