After a religious like experience in Bandon Dunes (one of a kind golf on the cliffs of the Pacific Coast, beautiful scenery/numerous hiking trails through the Dunes, great lodging and food) we struck out for NORCAL (aka, Northern California for those of us on the East Coast).A noted difference in vegetation/culture was almost immediate as we crossed the border; a phenomenon we also noticed when crossing over from Washington to Oregon.
The drive through Redwood National Park was amazing and we finally were able to put our eyes on something we’ve been concerned about since Olympic National Park…Dangerous Elk! Amy--such a brave young lady--decided to document the experience and use her knowledge of Elk to project a non-aggressive posture, which allowed a one of a kind viewing experience.
As we continued down the road with towering redwood trees on either side of us we were lured in to the world famous and “original” drive through tree. For the mere price of $5.00 one is able to drive a vehicle through a living giant redwood. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity! OK, we actually might have splurged on the drive through tree because we were a tad bit giddy; think about it this way, we were on the on the road for 5.5 hours and about to get on what we thought was the final 44-mile stretch to the Albion River Inn (http://www.albionriverinn.com/) where we were scheduled to spend a couple of nights. Regardless, check out the attached video to see our elk experience and to join us in the wonder of driving through a tree.
After driving through the tree we got back on US Highway-1 for what we thought was a short jaunt to our stopping point for the night and a much looked forward to dinner…
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about 40 years ago I was spending a few weeks in California. Had the opportunity to see Big Sur. Incredible-similar to your vistas. By the way Amy/David, it is really great to hear your voices-makes the moms/dads feel better!! This is a vacation Michael and I would enjoy!
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