Across Northern California

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3 April 2010

Our fears of the previous night were unfounded and in the morning the snow had stopped, the wind dropped and the road conditions were O.K. We had intended to ride up the Squaw Valley cable car but the weather was still mainly cloudy and it being Easter Saturday cars were queuing to get into the resort, so we didn’t bother.

As we were preparing to move off we had a pleasant surprise. We thought it was Sunday but whilst checking the calendar discovered it was indeed Saturday which meant we had an extra day before we fly home. Consequently we have time to drive further north than we had anticipated which will enable us to see the large coastal redwood trees. Therefore after a full day’s travelling across the width of California through two large mountainous areas, we are now at Fortuna just inland from the Pacific coast and about 300 miles north of San Francisco.

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