Obfuscator writes: There's not much to say about this day. We left Seattle in the morning, and drove until 10:00 PM, for about 12 hours in the car all told. We drove down I-5 until close to Oregon border, where we detoured west to the coast. We picked up US-101 South, and followed it all the way down the Oregon coast. It rained for the whole first part of the day, which made it . . . slow and unpleasant. Eventually it started to clear up though, and so we were able to see how beautiful the Oregon coast really is. [View Full Entry]

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We finally made it to California! Sorry it's been so long since we wrote last, but it's hard to find internet in all the small towns we go through. Thanks to Tom, Susan, Nora, & Rory for the time we spent with them in Seattle. We had a great time while preparing for our journey. Those kids are so cute-- check out our flickr. Our first three days from Seattle to Portland were good, just trying to figure out a pace and get used to camping in strange places, like sneeking onto Army bases and waking to the sound of morter [View Full Entry]

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We woke to a nice but cold day. Crossed the Oregon/California line and found ourselves in Crescent City. Again my sister was more adventurous than me so we ended up wading across the rocks to a little lighthouse called Battery point lighthouse. The local lighthouse keeper gave us a little tour round even though it was closed. Nowdays the light is a 700w electic bulb which flashs for 26 second intervals day and night. I found some mountain biking tracks just down the road so checked it out. It was a coastal route, so you had to climb up a steep [View Full Entry]

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Days 1 and 2 Our Summer Road Trip 2006 seemed to have a theme…big trees. Or rather, just big…big car pulling big trailer (with big gas prices) in search of big trees. On this slightly shorter two week road trip to the California Redwoods (detailed in this journal) and Sequoia National Forest (continued in Part 2), we were destination-bound with no time for our typical leisurely driving pace. On the way to the very northern tip of the California coast, we stopped off in Redding to spend July 4th with family floating on a pontoon boat on Lake Shasta. After 10 [View Full Entry]

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I felt a lot better in the morning. Dunno what it was the night before, but some cola and a good night’s sleep (sleeping in an extra 2 hours) did the trick! Mom and I checked out of the hotel and then went our separate ways; her on a taxi to the airport, me back in my car and further up the coast. It was good to get some personal space back. The drive up to Crescent City was really nice. I went through a bit of the wine country, with vines stretching out for rows and rows. Then I entered [View Full Entry]

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Well these are some beautiful trees. The most massive peices of wood I have ever seen. Most are at least 8 feet across and must be hundreds of feet tall. Amazing!! [View Full Entry]

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Stopped for a minute to see the coast at Cresent City. The weather wasnt very good and it poured the whole drive. But we made the best of it. [View Full Entry]

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This morning Allen was reluctant to leave the warm sheets behind, but after much persistence and the promise of tree-hugging in his immediate future, he braved the cold shower and followed Marce in her quest for breakfast. We paid a brief visit to the motel lobby and found Nick, dressed in a towel, blessing the lobby area with Champa incense. We gathered our blessing-sprinkled continental breakfast and continued our drive to the town of Legget on Pacific Coast Highway 1. The Pacific Coast Highway, now more often called The Redwood Highway, meanders through spectacular vistas, following t [View Full Entry]

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