Highway 1 Loop Drive and moving on…

Our last day in Ukiah, California we decided to beat the heat a little and head to the coast in our car where temperatures stay in the upper 50’s most of the time. The loop we took was about 140 miles long with 45 of those miles on Highway 1 along the coast from Fort Bragg to just north of Point Arena. For those that have considered Highway 20 as a route to take with a motorhome I would say it is doable with a few steep downhill segments and quite a few sharp corners but I did see a  lot of fifth wheels and motorhomes on this part of our loop. As for the part we took from north of Point Arena on Mountain Lookout Road I would say one would have to be insane to even consider taking this route in their rig. There were many grades on this narrow road in double digits!!!

We left Ukiah where the high was to be 103 degrees and got to Fort Bragg where the temperature was 57 degrees. Crazy how much temperature variation there is along the western coastline. Unfortunately for us there was still a lot of fog along the waterfront so although the scenery was out of this world it  was really hard to capture it in a picture… I almost said “capture it on film”… I guess that expression could die out soon. I mean how many people under the age of 25 even know what film is?

    

We saw some great scenery on the loop… There was a fisherman fishing along the rugged and foggy coastline… We saw abalone divers looking for a bounty of shellfish… We saw colors of plants and hues of water that seemed unreal at times. We even found a small microbrewery in the Anderson Valley hiding amongst all the vineyards. Everywhere we have ever ventured we find there is always something to see…

The next morning it was time to leave Ukiah and head south to Alameda County Fairgrounds RV Park. Another long day of 147 miles but it was mostly on Highway 101 and some interstates. Now the traffic in the Bay Area was not real pleasant but we only experienced one slowdown and only a few AS%#OL@S…

We are tucked in a very tight little spot but met our neighbors who are very friendly so all is not bad. We asked to move to another site but apparently that was a bit too much to ask of the volunteer here so we will make do with this site. Excellent location beats out negative Nellie anyhow…

Tomorrow we are thinking about taking the BART into San Francisco. I’ll let you know how that turns out…