After leaving Santa Cruz on Saturday night, we were clever and spent the night just short of San Francisco and then drove through 19th Ave and over the Golden Gate bridge early Sunday morning when there was very little traffic. It makes a difference when your vehicle is 8 1/2 ft wide! As is typical, SF was foggy and cool.
We spent a few days in Santa Rosa visiting friends and family. Larry happily played handball/racquetball (both maybe - he does both). We left Santa Rosa Tuesday evening and headed North on 101.
Seeing the Redwoods is always a joy. We took a couple hours in Cresent City to drive Howland Hill Rd in the Redwoods National Forest (in the Rav4, not the motorhome.)Look at the size of this tree next to our car; and the ones next to the pick-up truck in front of us in the photo below.
Yesterday, we left the rig in Eugene and drove East to visit Larry's brother in central OR. Larry saw him about a year and a half ago but it's been many, many years since I've seen him. He and his wife are thriving and it was so good to see them, however briefly.Today we're in the Portland area. First stop... Carmax. You see, the Rav4 has developed a serious oil consumption problem. Even though it's been towed the majority of the way across the US, Larry has put over 4K miles on it since he purchased it about 3 weeks ago. In the last few hundred miles it has used 4 quarts of oil. The mechanics at Carmax are looking at it now.
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