California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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PACIFIC
OCEAN

SixRivers
National
Forest

Eel
River

Shively

Petrolia

Honeydew

Alderpoint

Thorn
Junction

Hydesville

Elnor

Redcrest

Bridgeville

Capetown

Redway
Garberville

ShelterCove

LostCoast

Scotia

Ferndale

Fortuna

AvenueoftheGiants&
HumboldtRedwoods
StatePark

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1 Garberville
The first stop on a Lost
Coast romp is scrappy
little Garberville, the
first town beyond the so-
called ‘Redwood Curtain.’
There’s an uneasy
relationship between the
old-guard loggers and
hippies, many of whom
came in the 1970s to
grow marijuana after the
feds chased them out of
Santa Cruz. A visit to the
three-block downtown
should include browsing
at Brown’s Sporting
Goods (%707-923-2533; 797
Redwood Dr; h9am-6pm Mon-

Lost Coast


& Southern


Redwoods


With.its.secluded.trails.and.pristine.slice.of.coast,.


the.gorgeous.‘Lost.Coast’.is.one.of.the.state’s.


most.untouched.coastal.areas.and.most.exciting.


hiking.adventures..The.region.became.‘lost’.when.


the.highway.system.bypassed.it.early.in.the.20th.


century.and.has.developed.around.the.outsider.


culture.of.political.radicals,.marijuana.farmers.and.


nature.lovers.


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