Is This The Place Along the Road Were The Narrator And Chris Could Have Rested?

…Looking Back Towards Mendocino From The Same Place As The Previous Photo, We See That The Heavy Forests Some Places, Are Opening Up To Open Lands and Thick, Dry Grass.

…The /\ Above /\ Photo Is Along The Comptche-Ukiah Road, At Melbourne, CA.
..A) ~11.0 Road Miles East of Mendocino, CA and.
..B) ~33.3 Road Miles West of Ukiah, CA.
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…DATE-LINE: February 5, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
More Discussion, Concerning => What I Observed In 2002, As I Traveled The Comptche-Ukiah Road.
….Although the /\ Above /\ Photo shows plenty of daylight, my continued driving East, was in increasing darkness: However, despite the darkness, I was actively watching for the ZMM Narrator’s => “in a small ravine ahead I see a turnoff and a picnic table .. ”

… But, for a combination of reasons, I completely missed it. This may have been because the picnic table(s) were removed since 1968, or moved farther from the road, or hidden by new bushes & tree growth. Since I did not know that these table(s) were part of a Cabin & Camping Resort called “Orr Hot Springs Resort”, I didn’t know to look for any Highway Sign concerning such a location..
…. Added to this, I was not sure this was the correct road, and thus I was not primed to look very closely, or stop and ask about picnic tables, etc. Consequently, I have no Orr Hot Springs photos, nor most especially of any “picnic table“.

.To Persons Who Know This Comptche Ukiah Road & Area, Back In The 1970’s: Please send Email => Tell us what you know about possible locations of ZMM Narrator’s Descriptions of this Road & Area, and possibly send some photos..
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(Photo = 117-1723 ...... ZMM Page = 371 ...... WayPt = 470i1 ~0700ft. Photo at 467w 0679ft)