Tom and Margi
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Every so often we RV travelers are blessed with perfect timing. So it was this weekend as we made the trip down US 101 from Brookings, OR to Santa Rosa, CA for a pre-Thanksgiving visit with family and to attend a friend's retirement party.
The weather was beautiful, the waves were rolling onto the Pacific beaches at the beginning of the trip. Sunlight was filtering through the redwoods from Jed Smith State Park in Crescent City to Standish Hickey SP near Leggett. The forest views along the Eel River watershed were spectacular.
The best part was from north of Ukiah through the Alexander Valley to Santa Rosa. We caught the turning of the grape leaves in the vineyards at peak color. Miles of golden yellow with just a tinge remaining of green and acres and acres of oranges and reds. Some of the smaller Mom and Pop vineyards were a colorful mixture of all the shades.
We've listened to California jokes for so long ? from lame to ludicurous ? that I had nearly forgotten just how breathtaking Northern California can be. It made us happy, once more, that we bought the motorhome and chose this lifestyle nearly ten years ago.
Margi
The weather was beautiful, the waves were rolling onto the Pacific beaches at the beginning of the trip. Sunlight was filtering through the redwoods from Jed Smith State Park in Crescent City to Standish Hickey SP near Leggett. The forest views along the Eel River watershed were spectacular.
The best part was from north of Ukiah through the Alexander Valley to Santa Rosa. We caught the turning of the grape leaves in the vineyards at peak color. Miles of golden yellow with just a tinge remaining of green and acres and acres of oranges and reds. Some of the smaller Mom and Pop vineyards were a colorful mixture of all the shades.
We've listened to California jokes for so long ? from lame to ludicurous ? that I had nearly forgotten just how breathtaking Northern California can be. It made us happy, once more, that we bought the motorhome and chose this lifestyle nearly ten years ago.
Margi
