Foggy morning
On Day 6 of our
October West Coast trip, Husband Walter and I experienced a thrill ride on
Highway 20, the two-lane state roadway we drove from Willits, California, to
the rugged Pacific Coast. We departed the valley terrain of Willet and snaked
our way over two summits and through the Mendocino Range, all with the added
challenges of heavy fog, tight curves and oncoming trucks hauling heavy loads
of logs.
Below are photos I
took through the windshield of our rental car . . . when I wasn’t gripping the
edge of my seat or scrunching my eyes shut.
Fog plus curves
And logs
And more logs
Note the 25 mph speed
sign alerting us to the hard right turn that the oncoming truck had just
exited. There were a number of those on the 28-mile drive.
Nerve wracking! (Even though I love fog...)
ReplyDeleteI would have been peeing my panties. This is what it looks like on our mountain when it gets foggy. We have state of the art fog lites embedded in the highway edges, but it barely makes it better. The log trucks are nerve racking enough without the fog!
ReplyDeleteI always hated the fog when I lived in San Francisco back in 1968. These photos conjure up bad memories.
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ReplyDeleteof fog for 55 years for me too.
I sure don't miss it AT ALL!
Those big logging trucks are enough to give me heart failure.
Fog makes for beautiful photos though.
Our lives have been on a roller coaster this past week.
Older son lost his job and daughter in law's Dad is in ICU. We almost lost him but seems to be doing better now. God is good and we trust him implicitly.
As son Steve says,"I have no idea what God has in store but I am VERY excited knowing that I am right where God wants me. Trusting Him 100%. My best days are ahead"
As a Mom this just makes my heart sing...
Love the Seabiscuit trivia and the logs are scary as hell. Hope they are from a renewable plantation and not old growth. Dianne
ReplyDeleteI would have loved that drive! My late husband, on the other had, would have been white knuckled!
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