Misty Drive to Mendocino Green moss growing on trees very spooky
It took about 4 hours to get to Mendocino, through the most wonderful scenery from flat farmlands, mountains to redwood forests. unfortunately I was was unable to appreciate the most spectacular of it. We had reached Ukiah, and for some reason we decided to have Mc Donalds.. As a rule we dont eat Mc Donalds,yes they have the best fries in exixtance but as a whole its crap food and you use your daily in calorie intake on one meal.. The horror. Today we were in a good mood in a dead end town and wanted something we could eat and move on.. I had a mini meal and Aaron had angus burger meal.
Redwoods Redwoods
About half an hour later in the middle of the red wood forest my stomache was doing filps and my bowls were making some funny noices.. I was feeling sick. cold sweats and I felt the blood had drained from my body.. Did i mention we were in the middle of a Red wood forest!!! Beautiful!!! stunning like slicent giants they stand towering above you.. but all i could think of was the loo...
We pulled into a campsite and the normal toilets were locked as is out of season.
The redwoods and the famous toilet I used. Yes it Looks more like a shed I agree.
View driving thro the mountains see the mist in the back ground
The pit toilets were open however. Pit toilets are just that, a hole on the floor.. with a metal can over it so you dont have to squat. It was like going in an outside shower not any privacy the toilet paper was all wet as it was misty and wet... it had a roof so that was good. I was traumatized to say the least. I felt like i needed a shower when i came out. Even then it wasnt over, 10 mins later i was feeling ill all over again.. Aaron made it to the hotel in record time, I ran in and promptly released all.. ahhhhhhh...
The hotel was charming very victorian, our room was a garden view, it was small as this was an old building. We went and walked around the town. Saw the Ocean views and took in all the little shops. We went back to the hotel for a drink and I had the appifiany to go and ask if they did complentary upgrades.. To my surprise they did.. we where upgraded to a Ocean view king with four poster bed it was perfect. I smiled from ear to ear. My motto if you dont ask you dont get!
First room Upgraded room
The food at the hotel was expensive but exquisite. I highly recommend the breakfast .. WOW! We had had eggs Benedict and french toast and we split it. we had mimosas and Aaron had coffee. It set us back $50 but it was worth every cent it was that good.
We walked along the coast, hiked a 1mile to the light house and back. Found a great brewery. Looking in some shops, then headed back toward Ukiah. We took a rd that we had been looking for on the way here.. It was so long so twisty and lasted forever it was like being in the back of beyond and people still lived out there.. I started to think we were on the road to nowhere.. All the while the mist lay below us like lakes it was stunning.
We got back to Ukiah and decided to go to a restaurant that had been recommenced in Mendocino at a natural food store we went in and found patax. Needless to say the restaurant was a Indian restaurant, it really is hard to find good Indian food outside the citys. This one was called the Himalayas, it was Nepalese and Indian. We ordered Korma and a Vindaloo.. The Korma was good.. The vindaloo was bright red and wasn't what I was used to. The owner was a small Nepalese man that would come to the table and try and talk to you but his English was so bad that it made having a convocation with him impossible , so he would stand there and nod his head and smile and then walk off at the most weird time. The waitress wasnt very helpful, so she got a small tip lol.. The result of this meal was a car full of inoxious gases!
We arrived home glad to be back. There is always something comforting about coming home..
Here are few pics of the area
Clift top nr where we were staying
Beach In Mendocino
Beach at Mendocino below
2 comments:
Nice, very nice:)
wow! looks like a great place! I miss the ocean so much!
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