January 23, 2022 – Eureka: Going back to Fresno

 

Title: January 23, 2022 – Eureka: Going back to Fresno

Hike Info : Description 

Hike Info:

Type: Car
Trail head: Eureka
Destination: Fresno
Car Mileage:  456 Miles

Description:

I got up a bit after 7:30. A long time in bed for me. When I got up, Kevin and David were talking about our Hawaii trip in ten days. Alaska Airlines has changed our flight to be routed through Seattle and Anchorage rather than directly to Kona. So we spend the morning looking for alternatives. We settle on a non-stop from San Jose to Honolulu and a connecting flight to Kona. This takes up most of the morning.

Gary and his sandwich

By the time we finish up, Andrea and Lawrence arrive. We talk for about an hour. Then spend the next half of an hour saying goodbye. We are going back to Fresno. We left at 12:30. Sherri is driving and I spend the time typing up my notes on the trip. Andrea recommended a Planet Money segment on returning items, so we listen to it. This goes on until just short of Ukiah when we switch drivers in a parking lot.

The question comes up, should we have stayed longer? The consensus is if we are going to drive up here, we really should stay a bit longer. Of course that will depend on our hosts tolerance for us. There is the possibility of picking up a flight from Fresno to Eureka/Arcata. We will need to check that out.

We stop at the Ukiah Costco filling up with gas and emptying our bladder. Then on wards. But only for an hour or so. We stop in Healdsburg for dinner. We try a place called JourneyMan Meat Company, which is a meat shop. They have pizzas, burgers and sandwiches. We get the Special of the Day sandwich-a spicy sausage and egg combination. Very good place and friendly people.

On ward we go. An hour later we cross over the Richmond Bridge. We got slowed down in the maze of interchanges in Berkeley/Oakland. But after stop and go for 20 minutes, we pass through the maze and go onward on 580, passing over Altamont Pass, through Tracy and using 120 to get to 99. We get to the Turlock Costco to full up before continuing on to Fresno. We get in at 9:30, tired but glad to be home.