A quiet night in Redding - I had a good Fish & Chip meal at the Lumberjack restaurant. Watched lots of very large old couples stagger in and out - the end of Medicare etc here with "thin them out of bit" !!
In the morning I rode out of town and onto the 299 road towards Eureka. The plan was to meet Greg half way at the Straw House near Junction City. According to my map I may have ridden that road before but I just don't remember it - but what an excellent twisty road (not that I like twisties too much).
Gertie Garmin messed me about a bit by having two entries in its memory for the Straw House …. But I spoke to a couple of bikers in Weaverville and finally got it sorted.
I met up with Greg and had Brunch before riding the 1.5 hours into McKinleyville. More twisty bends and climbs before descending towards the coast - and it got much colder.
A lovely hot bath and change of clothes before driving into town for a couple of beers and a very tasty Cottage Pie in a pub.
After a comfortable sleep it's now 7am and I plan to do some sorting out of the bike and kit before riding south towards Ukiah on Sunday - then hide away from the Memorial Day celebrations.