California

We made it to our friend's Griz and Alice house in Eureka! You may remember that we traveled to their wedding in New Zealand a couple of years ago. We are so excited to be here at their warm and welcoming home. We were excited to cross the California border and are hoping to enjoy some redwoods. It has been a little difficult because we concentrate more on survival cycling then taking in the views. We are challenged daily by motorists who get too close to us. I had to jump out of the way of a charging logging truck the other day. It is loud and scary out here so we were really excited to happen across a mountain bike trail that got us off the road and allowed us to camp in the backcountry. It was so quiet I nearly cried. We have both missed the silence that our backpacking adventures bring us. We are also excited to be in the land of many organic farms. I was lamenting to our friend Sara that we were finding limited organic produce and she suggested that if we spent half the energy we have invested in seeking out local breweries and applied it to finding farmers markets I might have better luck. I went to a beautiful farmers market today with Alice. A friend we know from the Pacific Crest Trail in 1996 is a farmer in the area and we will be going to her farm tomorrow. She set us up with gorgeous heirloom tomatoes and sweet melons to hold us over until our farm tour and lunch tomorrow which I'm sure will warrant a blog post of it's very own. Tonight we will make dinner at home and enjoy a "taste of Humbolt" yummy!