Four Golden California Bears Guard All four Corners of the Four Lane Highway Bridge Over the Klamath River.
The ZMM Route first encounters the headwaters of the Klamath River soon after Crater Lake, and even when we skirted along the eastern edge of Klamath Lake in Oregon. The Klamath River here happens to be where the Cost Highway, California Route 101, heads inland. A 360 degree panorama, taken from the center of this bridge is now posted in my ZMM Part III Panoramas, a companion album in this Gallery of Photos.
Klamath Glen, CA.
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In a Landscape Shrouded With a Cold Impenetrable Coastal Fog, the Coastal Road Takes a Steep Down-Turn Into the Swiriling Mist.
Most of the time along the coastal road, the view of the ocean is obstructed by the dense damp forests. I had stopped here because there was a wide parking place at the side of the highway and the view of the ocean had opened up from this high vantage point. Great spot for photos!! Also my car was safely out of the way, from the heavy traffic!! I discovered that the view of the ocean was provided by the Highway Dept. They had, with considerable effort, cleared all the trees for the benefit of the tourists! This gave some good views of the lush greenery down the cliff to the ocean side. Plus many local flowers. In climbing around, I discovered an abandoned sideroad that angled down the cliff side. This provided a nice walk and more flower photos.
Some five miles South of Orick, CA.
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If It Wasn't for the Fog, Lack Of Sun, and the Cold Fog, This Would Be a Great Place for Beach Camping!
Well at least we can see the ocean. Clearly the coast highway has turned closer to the ocean edge and left the high cliffs behind.
Several miles Trinidad State Beach, South of Orick, CA.
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The Old Pavement of Rt 101 Has Headed Inland. It Is Much Warmer and We have Escaped the Cold Fog.
Ahead a large flowering bush colors the landscape.
Old Coast Highway Turns to enter McKinleyville, CA.
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This Is the Historic Ferndale Bridge. One of the First Successful Large Concrete Bridges in the US.
Traffic prevents me from stopping and there is no place to pull off, so I grab this shot as I slowly edge my way along this narow 1920's two lane bridge.
Just off Rt 101, on the highway that leads to Ferndale, CA.
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After an Extensive Search In the Fortuna CA area, I Was Able To Finally Discover an Older Motel that Fit the ZMM Narrators Descriptions of the Local Area.

Redcrest Motel, Redcrest, CA.
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I Thought This Sign Illustrated Some of the "Local Flavor", So I Included It In an 8 Photo Panorama Taken Here.
After an intensive morning of ZMM Research and jam-packed interviews with people concerning whereabouts of ZMM Scenes, I was getting a headache. I decided to stop and get out some coffee and have a late breakfast. Somehow this sign and the local scenery became the place where I came to a halt. The rest and food did wonders. I relaxed, recorded my research notes, checked maps and continued to the next ZMM town feeling like a new man. We have long left the ocean coast and are going up into the inland Mountain Pass.
Several miles prior to Leggett, CA.
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When I Was a Kid, I Saw Several Hand Colored 1920's Postcards Showing One These "Drive-Through Redwood Trees". Of Course the Photo Showed One of Those "Old Timey" Automobiles, Parked Inside the Tree With Everyone Standing Around In Awe. (You remember Those Old Cars: Spooked wheels, Hand Engine Crank, and External Radiator Cap!!)
But until I got here, I had never seen one of these cute demonstrations of human power over Mother Nature. Is this the same Giant Redwood Tree as was shown in those 1920's cards? Might be! As you will learn in my ZMM Sights and Scenes Photos, also In this Gallery, this park is most probably the place where the most unhappy Chris throws animal cracker crumbs to the ducks in a duck pond. As I say in those captions, the Narrator despises tourist traps and most especially places where tourist attractions result in destruction (or even distortion) of the Natural World. Here must be an especially severe form of what the Narrator hates. I conclude the Narrator's hatred is so severe, he decided not to even mention this tree, although most obviously here was here. Another thought: Although Chris had plenty to be unhappy about as he came thru this Part of California, we might conjecture that the Narrator was even more seriously distraught. We ask: Were the Narrator' own deep feelings concerting what had been done to this tree and the tourist behavior here, also communicated to Chris? And did this considerably add to Chris's bad feelings and bad behavior, here and later?
A once-upon-a-time city park, Leggett, CA.
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Here Is Where An Evil Deed Was Done ..... and Continues! As I Post My Photos, I Hesitate To Show you This Tree at the Narrator's "Leggett, CA, Duck Pond Park".
(Do You Think These Photos Should Be Here? Please send me an Email.) Since the Narrator so obviously objects to human violations (or even distortions) of the natural world, I did not post these photos in my ZMM Part IV Album. Moreover, I did NOT drive my car this evil void!! Nor did I photograph other car in here. Or even walk through it, or admire the other cars here! I finally decided to place these several "Narrator's Duck Pond Park" photos here, because this photo is a significant part of my ZMM Route Research results, as follows. This is most probably the only 1968 duck pond in the Leggett, CA area. Since the Narrator clearly mentions feeding live ducks at a duck pond near Leggett, CA, we learn by contrast, what prominent local landmarks he will specifically avoid mentioning. This leaves us to conjecture why he does this. Correspondingly, I have added my conclusions re this topic on many photos in the "ZMM Sights and Scenes Albums" in this Gallery. New topic: Note the jagged black opening in the tunnel ceiling. This due to a rotted-out place was in the center long before the tunnel was cut in the tree. close examination of the cut in the wood shows the tree's growth rings.
Leggett, CA.
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