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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Next

Since Portland we've been seeing a lot of the road, a lot of the sea and lot of fog. We never managed to find the somewhat secret Hobbit Trail, but settled on a beach with a lighthouse instead. We wimped out, and spent the wet and cold night in a cheap motel, did laundry, charged electronic devices. Functional and wise choices. The next day we drove for 45min before we realized we'd already passed our plans for the day, we turned around and drove 1hr back, and realized we didn't have exact change for the park pass. So we drove again back to town to get change, and drove back to Oregon Dunes park. We ended up back in the same town we'd spent the night for a late lunch in a fabulous cafe that seriously raised the stocks of that little town, and drove south through Denmark, and into California. And then we did the unthinkable, spent 2 nights in one place! The Hostel in the Redwood National Park is delightful, and so are the trees. So we spent 2 nights, in the fog, across from a ferocious beach. This morning we hit the road on time and spent the day driving south again, our destination: San Francisco. We stopped along the way at a roadside attraction known as the "Hill of Confusion" which "bends" gravity, and I'm still dizzy. Gotta run...

3 comments:

Alexandra Michel said...

Hi Kim!!! glad to see your in my neck of the woods... any chance your planning a trip to yosemite this weekend.... a few friends and i are climbing Half Dome if your interested:) sounds like you are in such an adventure...

Kim said...

ah Alex i would have loved to!! i am in gold country now, nearish to San Andreas, i should be here for a month. let's see each other!

Unknown said...

Oh man! I've always wanted to go to the Redwood Forest. I'm a little jealous but so happy for you. Enjoy!