West Coast road-trip

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well we have just crossed over into Canada with 6hrs to spare in the year they'd given me to arrive and activate my work visa, and after a fantastic four days of beautiful views and more friendly Americans we can finally sleep in and do nothing for a few days while we come up with a bit of a plan for what we'ew gonna do for the next few months.
Highway 101 was absolutely gorgeous with massive big Redwood Forrests and big Pacific waves pounding the coastline all the way up until we cut inland to swing by Sprinfield on our way up to Portland. We visited Mike(m friend from Ushuaia)in Santa Rosa, stayed the night at Jaysons house in Arcata, got pulled over by the Oregon Highway patrol 15mins after crossing into Oregon, Had agreat couple of days with Will and Rob and friends in Portland and rocked a anti George Bush protest while we were there before boosting straight up to Vancouver with just an hour stop over in Seattle to checkout the views and call Dee for her Birthday. Happy Birthday Mum!!!!

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Photos

Mexican food with Mike in Santa Rosa
Was great to catch up with you again after all this time Mike, all the best for your work prospects and plans for the near future

Touch wood
Luckily this was the only tree I drove through on the whole trip

Then we went out to dinner and founf this little flower on the door
That was by far the funniest dinner we've had so far on our trip guys, keep up the good work

Then first thing the next morning, 15mins after crossing into the state of Oregon Russ gets us pulled over for doing 72mph in a 55zone, Doh!!
There was no playing games with this guy, he nearly shot at me as I went to get out of the car to meet him. but Kiwi magic talked our way out of the $150 fine and in the end even let us take this photo

Central Park Arcata - Humboldt County
Our hopes of spending the night at the Simpsons place in Springfield were crushed as the sun went down half an hour before we rolled into Arcata, but we met these two good dudes Jayson and Jeffrey, who took us back to their place to use the internet, their phone, their shower and in the end their floor to sleep on for the night. Thanks a mil guys, see you on the way back down!

Russ Dan and Evan
good to finally meet bro, keep intouch and happy travels

Comments

[joey.D]

yay
i have no idea how the hell i came across this. but you guys seem very rad and indeed fun. i live in vancouver, wa. and i love the pictures you took of burnside and the protest. yes, the party is in portland for sure. -!clink clink!-

[Mike]

sounds like a good time.
Just found this journal while I was looking for one of my friends roadtrip stories. Portland's a badass town. I've got a bunch of friends that live up there.

[chris]

awsome guys!
hey i was just messin around and came across your journal, its awsome you take awsome pictures, i hope to go on a rood trip in the next year!