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April 15th 2008

Published: April 15th 2008

This entry covers our trip from Fort Bidwell, CA to Valley of the Rogue, OR, where we spent three days, and the five days we stayed in Coos Bay, on the south Oregon coast. Our last night in Fort Bidwell saw snow and wind. We had planned to take a shortcut over Fandango Pass, but decided given the snow, that we had better take a longer, but less elevated route to our next stop at Valley of the Ro... Read Full Entry

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Lynn & Jon Glase

Wondering Naturalists

Jon and Lynn are two sixty-something, retired, PhD ecologists seeking the wisdom from the natural world that can only come from first-hand experience with things and events. Our current arrangement is to keep a house as a home-base near Ithaca New York, where we have lived for the past 35+ years, spend summers in our trailer around New England (where Lynn's extended family resides), return to Ithaca for the fall and early winter, and depart for warmer climes after the Christmas-New Years holidays. We travel with Moxie, a Bichon Frise, in an 28 ft. Airstream trailer pulled by a Ford F-250 dies... full info

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Seascape Along the Road to Cape Arago

Cape Arago Lighthouse

Seen from Lighthouse Point.

Formal Gardens at Shore Acres State Park

Shore Acres State Park was originally the estate of a family involved in the early shipping industry.

Simpson Reef near Cape Arago

In the center of the large island is a seal and sea lion haulout site. Can you see the seals and sea lions?

Seal and Sea Lion Haulout Site

Animals here included Harbor Seals, California Sea Lions, and Stellar Sea Lions. Elephant seals also occasionally rest here.

Several species of Trillium were in bloom.

We spent an afternoon wandering the trails at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Skunk Cabbage

The skunk cabbage was particularly lush along a small creek that flowed into the estuary.

Skunk Cabbage

Note the flies attracted to the "flower" of the skunk cabbage.

Interpretive Trail at the Estuarine Reserve

The trail followed a small stream called Hidden Creek from its headwaters to a saltwater marsh and the South Slough.

Interpretive Trail at the Estuarine Reserve

Looking toward the watershed of Hidden Creek.

Interpretive Trail at the Estuarine Reserve

Looking toward the flood plain of Hidden Creek.

Lunch Break on Route 101

We left Charleston on 13 April for the ride up the coast to our next destination--Newport, OR--where we will meet up with our son Rob and his partner Leila and their Italian greyhound Leo (a close friend of Moxie's).

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