May 20

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Wednesday, up at 8 am and on the road by 8:30.  We stopped in Medacino (where Murder She Wrote was taped) for gas and Leofwyna was talking with a gentleman about the camper.  Lots of people were approaching to ask about it throughout the trip.  This man was in a bakery truck and gave us a loaf of French bread.  In the process of exploring this little town we found a jelly store and bought lemon butter and raspberry jam so lunch was bread and jelly sandwiches.  One stop to stretch our legs was at a lovely Redwood grove maintained by a lumber company; good for them!  At supper in Eureka we were warned off the Walmart there as law enforcement was having problems with homeless people in an adjoining property.  Clam Beach ($13) half an hour up the road was suggested instead and proved quite satisfactory.  Day list: crow, magpie, condor vulture, flicker, Kingfisher, deer, grey squirrel, mourning dove, Stellar's jay, oriol, barn swallows and egret.