Sunday May 24, 215

A later start to the day. Although I was awake at 6:00, Ralf was sleeping soundly next to me. I knew we had a relatively short ride to Fortuna (warmshowers) and I wasn’t too worried about how long it took us to get there. I knew part of the route was going to be on the highway and the rest of the route was through the remaining area of the Avenue of the Giants.

We cycled another 35 kms through the Giants, it was so quiet this morning, very little traffic. I have often read that cycling through these redwood groves is like being in a cathedral. I am not sure I would describe it quite like that. It is quite dark in the groves, with the light filtering through the canopy, it is very peaceful.

The trees are so ancient, you feel very insignificant amongst them. They are described as immortal, they live so long and even after falling, they take so long to break down, that new trees grow on their decaying wood.

We connected to Highway 101, it was quiet today as it is Sunday and we had a good ride into Fortuna.

We had decided to cycle into the Town and have a second breakfast, then call Robert to let him know when we would arrive. It was a good second breakfast and then we headed uphill to Robert’s place!

As usual, Ralf has gone to get supplies and I am trying to update the blog and checking on warmshowers for the future.  I lost wi-fi connection and then chatted to Robert (the blog) didn\’t get updated today, sorry.

We made dinner for our host, we had a wonderful vegetarian dinner with veges, sticky rice and tofu, it was really good.