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Virtual Avenue of the Giants Tour. "Drive" thru the Giant Redwood Trees... Without Leaving Your Home... Beautiful Humboldt County, California, USA


The Avenue of the Giants is a scenic highway that parallels the Eel River in northern California... running through Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It is named after the coastal redwoods that tower over the route. The road is a former alignment of U.S. Route 101

Use Streetview on Google Maps for a Complete Tour!

Avenue of the Giants Exit off of Highway 101 going North
Exit 645 Traveling North on Highway 101

Keep to the Right on the Avenue of the Giants
Keep to the Right on the Avenue of the Giants

Ave of the Giants - 61 Miles to Eureka sign
61 Miles to Eureka sign

AOG Chimney Tree Grill Restaurant
Chimney Tree Grill Restaurant

Avenue of the Giants - Big Trees
Avenue of the Giants - Big Trees

Avenue of the Giants - Deerhorn Market
Deerhorn Market

Avenue of the Giants - Humboldt County CA 1

Avenue of the Giants - Humboldt County CA gvan42

Avenue of the Giants - Humboldt County CA gvan42

Spirit art glass showroom Avenue of the Giants
Spirit Art Glass Showroom 

MIRANDA - AOG Humboldt County CA
Town of Miranda

AOG Homes in Miranda

AOG Deep Dark Forest

More pictures to come...

AOG Google Streetview Camera

AOG Google Streetview Camera 

AOG EEL RIVER

Ranger Talk at Campground AOG

AOG Myers Flat Market

AOG Tree Houses

AOG High water EEL River

AOG Garden Club Sign



Eel River on the Avenue of the Giants

Looking Up on the Avenue of the Giants

Ferns and Trees on the Avenue of the Giants

Dark Road on the Avenue of the Giants

A Dirt side Road to Nowhere - Avenue of the Giants


Map Avenue of the Giants



Other Websites to Explore:



Original Mandala Art by gvan42 Kaleidoscope

Original Mandala Art by gvan42 Kaleidoscope

Original Mandala Art by gvan42 Kaleidoscope

Original Mandala Art by gvan42 Kaleidoscope

Original Mandala Art by gvan42 Kaleidoscope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awKLW7WgGB8
    C                        F           C
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting,
    C                           F        C
The oranges are packed in their creosote dumps.
        F                      C
They're flying 'em back to the Mexico border
   C                       F          C     Csus4   C
To take all their money to wade back again.
    F                   C
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita,
 G                  C
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
    F                          C
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
C                           F        C
All they will call you will be "deportees."
My father's own father, he waded that river.
They took all the money he made in his life.
My brothers and sisters came workin' the fruit trees,
They rode the big trucks 'till they laid down and died.
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita,
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
All they will call you will be "deportees."
The skyplane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon,
A fireball of lightnin' an' it shook all the hills.
Who are these comrades, they're dying like the dry leaves?
The radio tells me, "They're just deportees."

We died in your hills and we died in your deserts,
We died in your valleys, we died in your plains.
We died 'neath your trees and we died 'neath your bushes,
Both sides of the river we died just the same.
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita,
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
All they will call you will be "deportees"
Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?
Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
To die like the dry leaves and rot on my topsoil
And be known by no name except "deportee."
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita,
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
All they will call you will be "deportees."
All they will call you will be "deportees."

Ev'rybody's talking aboutBagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, TagismThis-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m
All we are saying is give peace a chanceAll we are saying is give peace a chance
C'monEv'rybody's talking about MinistersSinisters, Banisters and canistersBishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyesAnd bye bye, bye byes
All we are saying is give peace a chanceAll we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you nowEv'rybody's talking aboutRevolution, evolution, masturbationFlagellation, regulation, integrationsMeditations, United NationsCongratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chanceAll we are saying is give peace a chance
Ev'rybody's talking aboutJohn and Yoko, Timmy Leary, RosemaryTommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy CooperDerek Taylor, Norman MailerAlan Ginsberg, Hare KrishnaHare, Hare Krishna

Virtual Journey: West Coast USA - A Drive North From San Francisco on Highway #1 and #101 - Photos and Maps of the Pacific Ocean, Redwood Trees... Plus Links to Many Other Virtual Journeys!

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco as Viewed From Marin County... 

Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, CA
Click on the Pictures to See Them Bigger!

The Lone Sailor sculpture Marin County, CA
The Lone Sailor sculpture Marin County, CA. 
Rest stop near the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. We always Stop Here when Driving North because of the Great View of the Bridge and City... and We Can Finally Relax because WE ESCAPED THE CITY! and We're Going Home... 

Rest stop near the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. 

Golden gate Bridge as Seen from Marin County

Map: H. Dana Bowers Rest Area & Vista Point 


Map of Marin County and San Francisco, CA


Robin Williams Tunnel in Marin County highway 101 going North from San Francisco

Robin Williams Tunnel in Marin County on Highway 101 going North from San Francisco

Marin County Courthouse by Frank Lloyd Wright
Marin County Courthouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

exit off highway 101 going to highway 1 in Marin County, CA
The Highway #1 Exit from Highway #101... 

Muir Beach in Marin County, CA
Muir Beach in Marin County, CA 

Map of Muir Beach in Marin County, CA
Map of Muir Beach and Muir Woods

Path in Muir Woods. Marin County, CA
Path in Muir Woods. Marin County, CA

Sign announcing Muir Woods. Marin County, CA.
Sign announcing Muir Woods

slice of Redwood Tree in MUIR Woods showing Dates.
Slice of Redwood Tree showing Significant Dates in Human History.

View from the Top of Mount Tamalpias in Marin County, CA
View from the Top of Mount Tamalpais

Map of Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, CA.

Stinson Beach - Marin County, CA - Bolinas Bay
Stinson Beach - Marin County, CA - Bolinas Bay

hand painted map of Marin County CA
Hand Painted map of Marin County CA

Olema California near Point Reyes
Olema, California Crossroads... near Point Reyes...

Song: Hippie From Olema #5 -- Youngbloods 



Link to the Map of Olema...

https://goo.gl/maps/UhPGBr7ShNLyTRBGA




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many more photographs to upload

but I'm Done for today!

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OTHER Virtual Journeys!

LINK: Set of Photographs of a Drive from San Francisco to Santa Cruz on Highway #1... 

photo of San Francisco to Santa Cruz Trip by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan

Sutro Tower... Located In San Francisco: High on a Hill in the Center of the City, It Broadcasts ALL forms of Wireless Signals... TV, AM Radio, FM Radio, Police Radio, Military and Cell Phones... It has a Line of Sight Visibility from My Father's House in Los Gatos, CA - 50 Miles Away.

photo of San Francisco to Santa Cruz Trip by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan

Another View of Sutro Tower... Taken from the Beach at the End of Judah Street.


LINK: Set of Photos of Our Journey From Arcata, CA to a Cabin in the Woods of Mendocino... Hand Built by a Friend... Whole Lotta Hippies Live in those Woods!

Pacific Ocean Near FT Bragg

Back Deck on a Mendocino Cabin

LINK: Photos of the Yurok Loop Trail - Wetland near the Klamath River in Northern California - and Photos of the Golden Bear on the Klamath River Bridge on Highway 101 (near Oregon)

Klamath River Bridge - Golden Bear Sculpture - Highway 101 Northern California


LINK: Virtual Journey: Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad - Visit Northern California's Coast. We Have Our Own Little World Here Behind The Redwood Curtain!

Duane Flatmo Painting on the Side of Pierson'r Lumber in Eureka, CA, USA
Duane Flaymo Mural showing The Pink Lady House and other Victorian Mansions in Eureka.

St. Francis Mural in Willits, CA, USA

St. Francis of the Redwoods Mural in Willits.
On Highway 101 Half Way Between 
Santa Rosa and Eureka.

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PBS had a TV Show Called "Great Drives" - Actress Teri Garr Drove the Pacific Coast Highway from The Start South of San Diego all the Way North to Fort Bragg... Worth Watching! a Beautiful Woman in a Convertible Sports Car on the Most Beautiful Road EVER! That's Entertainment!

I Can't Find a Free Copy Online... Sorry! 

But Here is a Drone Video of Highway 101... 


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Other Journeys

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Virtual Journey: Canada Tourist Guide & Autobiography. We Went on our Honeymoon to Vancouver, BC. We Rode a Bicycle built for Two in Stanley Park... and Many More Wonderful Places to Visit.


Virtual Journey: Trinity Alps, CA, USA - Drive the Bigfoot Highway (299) From Arcata on the Coast to Redding in the Central Valley. White Water Rafting! Gold Rush Ghost Towns!


Virtual Journey: to the Star Wars Flying Motorcycles Redwood Forest on Hwy 36 in Remote Humboldt County, CA, USA - and the Bridgeville UFO Festival, The Town of Mad River. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/virtual-journey-hwy-36-remote-humboldt.html


Virtual Journey: Lost Coast, CA, USA on Highway 211 - From Victorian Ferndale to The Beach, the Mountains of Mateel to the Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-virtual-drive-thru-remote-humboldt.html


Virtual Journey to San Francisco - Boat Ride on the Red and White Fleet. Under the Golden Gate Bridge and Around Alcatraz Island... and MORE!


Virtual Journey: The Smithsonian and Washington DC. Instead of Buying Gasoline and Driving There, Take this Magic Trip Instead! A Guided Tour to the Places My Family Wanted to See... 


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