Points of Interest On The Way
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Charles Schultz Museum: Schultz, of course, is the creator of Peanuts and Snoopy. Located in Santa Rosa, it is not convenient for this trip, but I recommend it for some future time. Schultz was an avid hockey player so he built an ice rink along with a little cafe. He ate breakfast in the cafe almost every day and played hockey with his friends a couple times a week. |
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The Chandelier
Drive-Thru Tree is in
Leggett. This tree gets its fame for the hole through its trunk and gets its name name from the branching top.  |
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| The Shrine Drive-Through Tree is near
Myers Flat. This has a natural split in its trunk rather than having been carved by man. There is also a drive-through stump here. Note the weather in this photo. Probably typical of what we can expect.  |
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| About eight miles north of Leggett on the right side is Confusion Hill. Be careful, it is easy to zoom by and miss. This is a gravity zone where things roll up hill. Naturally, they have built all sorts of optical illusions like the trapezoidal room to fool your visual sense of perspective. |
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Loleta is a very
small town just north of Fernbridge / Ferndale. It is known for its cheese. There is the Loleta Cheese Factory there where you can watch it being made and taste samples. This would be a good stop on the way back home. Not too far south of Eureka, you will see College of the Redwoods on your left. About a mile further south, there will be signs for Table Bluff and Loleta. This is Eel River Drive, a scenic route along the old highway into Loleta.  When you leave, you can either continue down the Eel River Drive and catch the highway at Fernbridge. Or, you can head east out of town on Loleta Drive. |
  Looking through the window at cheese being made from the day's milk. Very fresh! |
