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Beautiful trip into NoCal. This was a hard day in that the climbing was almost all on two climbs, the first 1276 feet, and the second nearly as much distributed over two distinct summits. They were fun, because nothing caught by surprise, and when you get on a big climb, you can just "gear down, and settle in", as a friend told me many years ago.

After the climbs, we passed gorgeous beach, and ended up riding the "Redwood Trail", as one sign had it. Basically miles of redwoods completely surrounding us on all sizes. More than one of us compared it to being in a European cathedral, where the environment demands silence, and gives peace

The entire park is a jointly administered by NFS and the California state system, possibly why we didn't see any effects from the layoffs and budget cutbacks.

The campground is called "Elk Prairie" campground, but though I've seen elk here before none were in the offing this time.

We also had zero cell coverage, but I was able to get a text and location sent to Rosana by satellite (thank, Apple!).

All in all, one of the best days we've had as a group (six of us ended up cruising the final miles through the redwoods together), and me personally, as the legs are starting to round into form.

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