Thursday 4th October

We begn the day by exploring the Victorian part of Eureka and came across these two examples of Gothic architecture.

A few miles further on we visted the Ferndale Kinetic Museum which housed some of the contraptions from the annual race over land & water between pedal powered machines.

We wandered up the street to have a look at the town's buildings and picked up a coffee at a local cafe.

We detoured off the main highway to follow the Avenue of Giants through 32 miles of redwood forests.



We walked some of the trails and came across this giant in the middle of a clearing.

Yesterday we thought we had seen giant root systems until we saw this one. It is the root of reputedly the most massive tree in the redwood forests until it fell under its own weight.

In the Humboldt Redwood Visitors Centre is the first ever example of a camper van. It is made from the solid trunk of a redwood tree hollowed out and fitted with basic amenities.