• Start: Gualala, California
• Finish: Duncan Mills, California
• Distance: 72.6k
• Elevation: 1127 meters

It was relatively short ride today. We started the day with a tour of the “Catedral Tree”. It was a mother stump that had spawned a circle of trees that were almost solid.

We had a nice fast but uneventful ride to the coffee stop at 30k. The only excitement was when the highway patrolman stopped by and pointed out to Jean that she had parked right beside a no parking sign. He was actually quite nice about it and didn’t give us a ticket.

It was only a short ride to Fort Ross. Most of us spent quite a bit of time there going through the park and having lunch. It was really quite interesting. I knew that there was Russian activity in Northern California in the 19th century by I didn’t know much about it. They were at Fort Ross for about 30 years.

It is another gigantic campground tonight. Things are getting much more hectic and crowded as we approach San Francisco. All the marks of civilization except cell phone coverage and wifi. Oh well we’ll be in San Francisco in only another day and a half.