Deep redwoods forest campground
Thanksgiving Week Break is under way. It is becoming a tradition for us to head to Hendy Woods and pick up an apple pie at Gowan’s Oak Tree, so we have been looking forward to that all week. I took Friday off so we could leave in the morning and arrive in daylight. Note to future self: ALWAYS do that.
Happy birthday Sweetie!
Friday also happened to be Richard’s birthday, so the pie was really a birthday pie. We had the fridge crammed to the gills with Blue Apron recipes veggies, and I really did not have to do that. We could have easily shopped in Fort Bragg somewhere in the middle of the week. Once we were on the way, thinking about pie, Richard brought up the question of how we were going to store it. They come precooked and frozen, so it would be ok out for a while, but not overnight. We made a quick switcheroo on dinner plans and I cooked the recipe with the most bulky vegetables. Then I rearranged some things, removed some of the canned waters, and just managed to fit the pie in on the top shelf. For the record, we carried five Blue Apron recipes, three frozen pan dinners, and a fancy frozen Chicken Cordon Bleu for Thanksgiving. And birthday apple pie. We also got a couple of apples from Gowan’s, but those were consumed on the spot.
Fallen giant
We spent the afternoon doing the Little Hendy and Big Hendy loop trails. That earned me enough calories for the Blue Apron and dessert. There was a part of the trail that was closed, due to a gigantic tree fall. It’s hard to capture the magnitude and breathtaking size of these huge redwoods. Looking up at them, you have to crane your head all the way back and still can’t quite see the tops. When they fall, their massive trunks stretch out across the forest floor for hundreds of feet. Two giants appear to have fallen at the same time, in opposite directions. Even if no one was in the forest, I’ll bet someone heard that.
Real picture. There are full hookups over there, and excellent drainage under the decomposed Mojave granite
Before leaving on Friday morning, we had a chance to check in with the landscapers. We are finally at a super exciting stage in this project. Things are looking close to how I envisioned it all. Keep in mind, the crash was in November of 2020, we didn’t find the design/build contractors until after the next summer, and construction did not begin until last November. We’ve been working on this in one way or another for three years. When Richard texted me the picture of the back yard with decomposed granite on it, I could hardly contain my excitement. Yes, there are some more things to be done, but I am really, really, really excited about all of this coming to a close and finally getting Dory1 back home to her retirement campground.
Fake picture. This makes me literally laugh out loud every time I look at it.
Meanwhile, we have a week to enjoy Dory2 and the coastal loop we have come to love. Maybe some day we will be willing to stay home for Thanksgiving, but that day is not yet. When we have the opportunity to stay out for a whole week, we’re gonna take it.
Life is good
Total miles: 136.6, 19.0 mpg, 4 hours 12 min. Site 11 no hookups, no solar, no ATT, but some limited Verizon. Good dump. Potable water.
