Day 3 I think

I have said it could not get worse after Ross bike did not work.  I said it again after the half way house and drug den we stayed at the night before last. I said it again today. Shawn's bike broke down. We had covered 209 miles of a leg that should have lasted 302 miles from Garberville CA to Alturas, CA. Twenty miles out of Redding the Yamaha broke down. It had a bit of a problem with fuel starving but this time it had to be towed to the Yamaha dealer. $190 later plus we lost the booking in Alturas and had to rent rooms in Redding.

We are hoping the mechanic here can fix it in the morning and we can make the run to Meridian, Idaho of 469 miles tomorrow.

The country between Garberville and Redding was amazing. One hundred miles of twisting road, lots of gravel, washouts over sheer cliffs near the road. The valleys over the mountains were filled with very large  pine trees and the smell was like Christmas. The satellite navigation told us to go that route and we did.

Ross and Rully after dinner

  

Left - "drug house" parking and right foyer (boy did it smell)

"Drug house" sign from the 50s

"Happy" Shawn on the tow truck