Say it ain’t so – December already?
Sorry that we have not posted anything lately. We have not had very good wi-fi in the last few campgrounds.
After two wonderful days in the Lake Tahoe region, we headed back west to Sacramento. We had a great time visiting Dave & Beth DePolo. We stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe for more pins for Andrea’s vest. The darn thing must weigh 8 pounds, thanks to close to 70 pins. On Saturday, 11/22 Dave & Beth took us to a gathering of PSU alum to watch the Mich St rout. Lots of fun.
On Sunday we continued west, back to the coast. We traveled on Rts 16 & 20 over the Coastal Range into Redwood country. We camped in Ft Bragg at a small private camp on a sheer bluff overlooking the Noyo River. The trip along 16 & 20 was fabulous. Monday we meandered along the coast from Mendocino to Russia Gulch S.P., Pt. Cabrillo Lighthouse and Jug Handle S.P. Gotta tell ya, this coastline is beautiful. After picking up clam chowder to go at Cap’t Nicks we watched the sunset from our soccermom chairs at camp.
We toured the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens on Tuesday and scoured Glass Beach for momentoes. Don’t know how it came to be, but the “sand” in comprised og smoothe pieces of glass no bigger than a pinky fingernail.
We started our grand tour of the Redwood Highway on Wednesday, heading north on Rt 1to Eureka. On the way we detoured off Rt 1 to the Avenue of the Giants, a 31 mile trip through Redwood Groves. These wonders tower up to 350 ft above the forest floor and live to as much as 2000 years. The photo is of the Chandeleir Tree in Legget. Not quite big enough for the Airstream! Roosevelt S.P. was particularly beautiful.
We stayed four nights in Eureka. Thanksgiving day was foggy and dreary, so we stayed in camp most of the day. Pulled out the holiday music CDs, cracked open a bottle of champagne, and toasted family & friends. Thanks to all who called that day, what a joy! We had a wonderful dinner at Carter House, nice to dress up a little and treat ourselves. On Friday we headed south for a day trip to the Lost Coast (thanks to Linda P.). This coast was too rugged for the highway builders trying to keep Rt 1 on the coast. What a ride! On the way home we found the famous Travel Log, the first RV, made from a hollowed out redwood slapped on a WW1 army truck chassis (1921). Gotta see it to believe it.
Saturday was a beautiful, sunny day, without the ocean wind of the day before. We toured Redwood N.P., with lunch at the Crescent Bay Overlook and marvelous sunset at the Klamath River Overlook. After church on Sunday we made the long drive through the N.P. into Oregon to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area just north of Coos Bay, where we are camped for the next four days.
We hope all had a marvelous Thanksgiving and that you are helping our struggling economy by doing your Christmas shopping early.
Cheers!
J&A
