The road south of Crescent City goes over a pair of hills, has little shoulder, and a lot of traffic. I was glad I got the mirror, since it made the road a little more bearable. I think these were the steepest hills of the entire trip. I am convinced that the worst possible summer job has to be the person who plays the voice of Paul. The Paul Bunyan statue has a hand that waves, and a speaker where his voice comes from.
Some poor sap is paid to encourage people to come inside, and presumably spend their money.
Mostly, he has to talk to kids. There is a plaque at the feet of Paul that says all sorts of exciting trivia, like how tall he is, how big Babe is, that sort of thing. We got back on the road, and due to some traffic construction going on, traffic was going only one direction at a time for several miles. This meant 5 or 6 miles with very little traffic, since all the cars in our direction would quickly blast past us, and then no cars until the next batch sent in our direction. I looked up, saw a tandem coming the other way, and started to wave.