Searching for the Trees of Mystery   Part 4:   The Road to Klamath

The first thing you see as you cross into California on Southbound 101 is an agricultural inspection station. When asked if I had any agricultural products, I said I had apples in the trunk, whereupon the inspector told me they were Washington apples without even looking and passed me thru. Strangest inspection I ever had, when they tell you what you're carrying.

The next thing you see in California is the "First Chance" liquor store. The two cars in front of me promptly turned off. Liquor taxes must be high in Oregon or they were smuggling apples.
Shortly after that,  a gift shop  turned up. I drove past it, reconsidered and hot footed it back.

The closest water is probably 15 miles away. Someone pulled this boat a long way.

 Inside,  you can buy lots of domes, including almost everything I had seen in Oregon, including these three domes. I only took the Oregon Coast gal, but my three pirate buddies still haunt
me for leaving them on the shelf. Just shows how too much time on the road clouds your
judgement.
 

The first town in California on 101 is Crescent City. which also houses the headquarters for the Redwood National Park. You drive out of town, turn at the Indian Casino and you're soon within groves of giant redwoods. These really were the trees of mystery.We parked our car, got out and walked and marvelled. I believe I've seen a dome called California Redwoods, with a deer inside, but I didn't see it on this trip.

Back at our room, I saw that the Trees of Mystery  attraction was less than 20 miles south at Klamath.
Forgetting that 20 miles on highway 101 takes an hour, I piled the kids in the car and told them we would get back in time to eat tacos and watch Survivor on TV.
 

The drive to Klamath went up a  mountainside and down again. We arrived in time to see Paul Bunyan and Babe  before the sun went away.

Thinking that nothing could be more tackier  than big Paul, I bought a snowdome
in the gift shop and took the long drive back to Crescent City. Our road trip still
had more places to visit, such as the Oregon Caves and Crater Lake, but this was
the last of the snowdomes.
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Harry Sue
September 6, 2000