Thursday, July 12, 2012

MacKerricher SP

This park is 3 miles north of Fort Bragg, CA, a coastal town of 7000 souls.  It is home to the dumbass fire barrels I bitched about in my last post.  We’ve been here 4 nights, will be heading up the coast to giant redwood country this morning.  Foggy and quite cool here, a major transition for us after the warm dry country of AZ and southeastern CA.  We’re enjoying the coast though, hiking along the beach, watching the ocean critters and eating fresh seafood.
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Speaking of critters, don’t know if it’s a mostly hippie culture here or there’s an abundance of homeless people - or both.  Lots of folks you see in town are decidedly grubby and hairy and many of these appear to be survivors of some huge industrial accident that left them gimped up in some way.  I’m guessing that pirates and highwaymen have waylaid and made off with all the shipments of razor blades and soap for several years running.
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A lot of long range cyclists overnight at this park.  Haven’t talked to any of them but I assume most are doing extended bike tours along the coast.  You have to respect the energy and endurance of those folks.  Makes me tired just thinking about it; much of the coast highway is hilly and large portions have no bike lanes.

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