Only 20 miles in, but still.....
It's been a life-long dream of mine to visit the redwood forest of California. Now it is happening!
Foggy Pacific coast as we approach Crescent City, CA
Lighthouse Inn, our home for the next 2 nights
Exploring the "Trees of Mystery" park
Enjoy the photo walk with us...Mystery lady in black....
and her cousin...
Sort of a panoramic...
part one....top
Part 2....bottomRiding the Sky Trail up the mountain...
Who goes up needs to ride back down....
Unless you are 2 young folks who walk a steep 1 mile trail back down..."Gram, you'd never be able to make it down the nature trail."
a patch of shamrocks....
Tyler, all aglow.....
3 trees growing out of the fallen tree....
Another sorta panoramic......top
bottom
Angie bought a giant sequoia seedling for her mom since she's always wanted to see them.
We will probably not be around when it becomes a tree of awesome size.
A couple of mystery tree hobbitsAngie and Tyler
Growth rings....
middle starts in early 1,000 up to the 1900's.
Well, bye now, you all come back, ya hear?? Paul talks....
Paul Bunyan and Babe got around...they also hung out in Wisconsin..
Notice the tiny black bear seat from the starting pictures????
We needed to drive through the "tour through tree" 5 miles down the road. It was pretty cool! Ted made it through just fine...
One more sorta panoramic.....
A hearty Saturday breakfast and time to head up Coastal Hwy 101!! Check back
for more epic adventures, ya hear!!
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Back home here the past several days Vancouver and the PNW has been enduring a record heat wave of 90's in to 106.
Deb and family hung out with me a few days last week.
Jake and I tried out a couple new games. Labyrinth and
Oh, Gnome You Don't. He won one and I won one....
I ventured out on Friday to do a few things and buy new furnace filters. Probably the worst air day to go. Smoke from a Canadian wild fire and atmospheric conditions have held it here for many days.
I've stayed cool with clean air by staying in for a few days, just poking my head out to feel the heat and smell the smoke.
I am grateful to the Lord for good temperatures and no wildfires during our Oregon road trip. Both were a concern to me before we started out. The past few days there has been a wildfire near Crater Lake and the west road is closed to the public.
After 4 months of concentrated prep and family fun I am slowly sliding back into "normal" living. I realized on Sunday that I have depleted all my energy reserves and now need to rest this week to get them back. But what great savoring of wonderful times as I view all the pictures and live those events once again in my mind!
Rest time will be short lived. Next week onto a personal new adventure with lasting results, I hope. NO....it is not a relationship, personal adventure....ya all come back to find out what.
This has been a good 7 "on to Cali" days in the life of Grandma G.
"So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre At Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord."
(Genesis 13:18)
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