Yes it pours!

It never rains in California ...... well it was bucketing down this morning in Eureka and everywhere from there to our next overnight stop, Coos Bay (Oregon). Normally, this drive is very scenic, as the 101 weaves in and out of giant redwood forests and passes-by fabulous coastal views of haystack rocks and white-crested rolling waves.

However, the journey was marred by the rain which gave it an air of driving through a car wash!

We gave the National Redwood Forest Visitor Center and the Trees of Mystery a miss! Along the way we passed several places which evoked fond memories of previous journeys .... Trinidad, Turtle Rocks, Patrick's Point etc.and stopped-off for a BLT at a small family diner by the sea, where it stopped raining, briefly.

We reached Coos Bay by mid-afternoon and located our motel 'The Red Lion' ...... very nice too! We went straight into exploration and laundry mode and decided revisit Benetti's for dinner, the local Italian where customers are give unlimited Minestrone Soup! A fitting track for today has to be Riders in the Storm, by the Doors!