Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Lost Coast and Ferndale, CA

We decided to take a drive to the Lost Coast and boy what a drive it was! The road started out pretty good although windy and up and down hills, see picture below on the left.  Second picture below on the right is the type of road we ended up on as we traveled further along.  



We drove for about two hours before we saw anything that looked like coastline.  Our directions said, " because of its remoteness and relative inaccessibility--only a few back roads lead into the  area."  No kidding.                                             The Lost Coast Range is part of the King Range National Conservation Area and is unlike any other place in the continental United States.  Here, in this 35-mile long, 68,000-area stretch of coastal wilderness, the mountains rise directly out of the sea.  The King Range lies at the base of a tectonic anomaly known as the Mendocino Junction, where three of the earth's plates come together.  Because of this the mountains rise faster than just about anywhere else in the world.



Beautiful deserted coast, which is so rare in commercialize California. We continued on for another hour or two and ended up in the Victorian Village of Ferndale.  We were so impressed that with every turn another  Victorian home appeared, completely renovated and in great repair. Not interested in owning one of these beauties but I enjoyed them none the less.






The entire Main St. Has been designated a National Register Historic District due to its finely preserved commercial and residential buildings.  We had lunch at the meat market and it really was a meat market.  We also bought a tri-tip to take home to barbecue.

We headed over the Ferndale bridge built in 1911, and were glad to see 101 to take us home.  A long day but what an incredible trip.

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