This weekend's road trip included driving five hours north up Highway 101 to Eureka, a stop in Arcata (which I had thought was prounounced Arcata, with a soft 'a', not a harsh 'a'; very dissappointing...), then eastward four hours on rugged Highway 299 through Weaverville to I-5 in Redding, and up north an hour to Mount Shasta. We spent the second night in Weed. In all, we drove over 850 miles and crossed off two points of interest on our list of places to go in California, and added one to our blacklist (Eureka). The northern coast of California is coined, "the Lost Coast," and now I know why...