Date	Start Location	End Location	Start Time	End Time	Start Mileage	End Mileage	Daily Mileage	Weather Conditions
Day 2 Tue 6/17	Willits	Del Loma in the Trinity mountains	11:00a	9:00p	21,705	21,970	265	Very clear and warm till we got to the Redwoods then it got very cool until we approached the Trinity mountains which got very warm again.
Travel Highlights
We went from Willits up Hwy 101 to the Avenue of the Giants. We did the same trip last year by car but it is so much more awesome by bike. Haley began to get into photography today and we really enjoyed the redwoods. We were heading up to the Trinity mountains and had a choice of going up to Eureka and taking the short route or the longer more scenic route. Haley voted for the more scenic route as it was more likely to be warm as it was farther from the coast. We went from Arcata down Hwy 36 to Hwy 3 to Hwy 299. The scenery was amazing but the trip was getting longer then we wanted. We kept pushing on and we were with in about 40 miles or so when we saw the brown sign that said “24 miles to Big Flat” which was close to our destination. We looked at each other and mutually decided to go for it. About 10 minutes up the road it started to be speckled with gravel, then another 10 minutes some spots of dirt and about10 minutes later it was all dirt. We were too far down the road to give up so we went for it. The GPS did not recognize our route and the only sign of promises was the occasional signs that said X miles to the county road. Well about 15 minutes later we finally crest the top of the Trinity mountains via what turned out to be a dirt forest access road. Just over the top was a beautiful waterfall that we enjoyed very much as we stopped for pictures and a short break. We did manage to find some humor in our situation as we joked about our off road adventure. Continuing down the mountain at about 5 miles per hour we finally saw sign of human life as we were passed by a dirt bike coming up from the other side. After somewhere around an hour and a half we finally got a signal from the GPS saying 5 minutes to the county road. As we approached the county road we were greeted by two 8 foot piles of gravel and sand blocking us from the asphalted county road that was just beyond our reach. This road block was just enough to get us going for about 10 seconds till we saw the 10 foot space to the left that gave us access to our much awaited black top pathway to freedom. Well it was another 20 minutes to our destination but we arrived still in good spirits and Haley was determined to take charge and cook dinner and set up house in our cabin. She was great and I was very proud.