May 7th--Humbug Mtn. to Harris Beach

Some highlights:

Said goodbye to Gunther
Dawdled all morning
Got really hot in sun
Left at 12:30pm
Planned to explore old Hwy 101, but bridge washed out right at start
Stopped at day-use area
Myrtle grove unremarkable
Felt sluggish and unmotivated
Rode over lovely headlands
Evil pond: stagnant water, poison hemlock, poison oak, trash, water snake
Weird-ass halvah
Pastoral community of Ophir
Flat road for some time, tail winds, but still feeling down
Past Nesika Beach
Otter Point was amazing
Old Hwy 101
Cat sanctuary at Wedderburn
Yet another historic bridge over the Rogue River at Gold Beach
Stopped at health food store to eat chips and drink lemonade
House-made whole foods cookie
Lao Tzu
Ecotopia, with blurb from Ralph Nader
Big climb to 725' over Cape Sebastian
No view point at summit of road
Went to lookout on other side, but nothing to see but open ocean...from up really high
Amazing decent
Pistol River & historical marker
Arch rock
Surprising number of hills through Samuel Boardman
Thomas Creek bridge
Bruce's Bones creek
Whalehead
Beautiful scenery, but didn't take a whole lot of pictures due to bad lighting and haze
Stopped at campsite, then had dinner of chicken mole enchiladas--very good
Came back to camp and discovered Jorgen, Natalie and Martin
Stayed up with them for a while drinking my Becks