... finally made it to Hoopa, and highway (Hwy 96) and
place I'm always looking at on a map ...
A federal marijuana eradication convoy flying over
the Martins Ferry Bridge ... helmeted cammo soldier guys
in off-road utility vehicles with automatic weapons
in the lead ... they all waved at me, but didn't seem to
appreciate the BARF salute ...
... always wanted to check out the Bald Hills and Bald Hills Road,
so I did ...
Fascinating history of the Bald Hills War up there:
Bad Blood in the Bald Hills
"The worst and most sustained part
of the fighting took place in a part of
Humboldt County called the Bald Hills.
Beginning in 1858, the so-called Wintoon War
(named for a local tribe, now known as the Whilkut tribe)
began when settlers killed two Indians in a domestic dispute,
after which Indians began to
ambush travelers on trails or isolated farms."
... pretty peaceful on Friday ...
... it was one of the busiest roads on this trip though ...
big logging trucks, and the speeding local cops that had
been with the feds almost killed me on the fast, paved,
swithchback sweeper
section of Bald Hills Road that plunges down to the
Klamath River ... karma for my BARF salute, ha.
arty
... another view of the
Martins Ferry Bridge ...
