Posted by Karen on 05-Jan-2010
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We have been socked in by fog for days and days now and everything is just a dreary gray. So, after going to Roseville to look at a trailer, I just kept driving right on out of town, just trying so desperately to get out of the fog for a bit. Finally, just past Auburn at 2,000 feet elevation… I’m out of the fog and free from the bleak gray for a few hours (hurray!). I explored a few side roads off the freeway and then found Yankee Jims Road, which is a nice 13 mile stretch of graded dirt road that takes you to Foresthill and that sounded like a nice way to spend some time out of the fog, so away I went. I only encountered a couple of other trucks, so it was just a nice pretty drive along the canyon and across the old 1930s Colfax-Foresthill suspension bridge. I stopped and enjoyed a waterfall along the way and then returned back to the grayness of the valley.
Posted by Karen on 22-May-2009
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I drove to Patrick’s Point State Park last night and set up camp for a long weekend on the north coast. After a lazy morning, I put on my new hiking shoes and took a stroll along the Rim Trail that follows the rim of the coast. I don’t know why, but every time I visit the north coast I am blown away by how many varieties of wildflowers there are. The trail, like the campground, is very protected from the ocean wind by the thick vegetation and humongous ferns and makes for a pleasant hike. Along the trail, there are some short steep trails that lead down to the ocean. Of course a couple of hundred steps down, means a couple of hundred steps back up! Using these spurs, I checked out Rocky Point, Patrick’s Point, Wedding Rock and Mussel Rock. I decided to just view Agate Beach from the rim. Weddings really do happen at Wedding Rock; while there I met a guy who was checking it out because he was attending a wedding there tomorrow at noon (he wasn’t thrilled.. LOL).
GPS Stats: • Odometer: 3.04 miles • Total Time: 3:13 • Moving Time: 1:19 • Moving Average: 2.3 mph • Overall Average: 0.9 mph
