We took a tour of the area which included a trip through the Avenue of the Giants, wow talk about tall tress, they are everywhere! We were the cheesy tourists and even drove thru a Redwood:.JPG)
Check out the size of this tree, see the "tiny" guy on the top, that is Troy!
We turned off the Avenue of the Giants and headed to the "Lost Coast" an area of the coast that is not on 101 and not so easy to get to. In the end it was not worth the drive but if you have the time to do some back country camping the coast is amazing.
Our tour of the Northern California Coast truly began in Fort Bragg, an industrial harbortown with a beautiful coast line and a beach that allowed dogs. So of course we took the puppies in the ocean for the first time and they loved it! It was not so much fun for us though as they wanted to drink the saltwater and Chase wanted to say "Hi" to everyone, not what you would call a relaxing day at the beach for us! The weather turned chilly that night, the fog rolled in and it has not warmed up or cleared up for us yet! We did take advantage of the cold weather and took in a Saturday Matinee, Ironman - two thumbs up, and went for a yummy seafood dinner overlooking the coast, it was a purely indulgent day!
The next morning Troy took a bike ride on 101 and Lisa picked him up to proceed down the coast to check out the towns just south of Fort Bragg, Mendocino was our favorite!
We then moved "home" to Patrick's Point State Park, what a beautiful location near the Redwood National Park. We stayed across the street at Azalea RV Park and took the puppies to the park for a long walk upon our arrival. We enjoyed the park the next day as we took a hike on the beach and tried to ignore all the fog/mist coming in off the ocean. Below are a few pics from the park, the last one has a few of the local seals and sea lions, they were so loud we could hear them up on the bluff.
Our tour of the Northern California Coast truly began in Fort Bragg, an industrial harbortown with a beautiful coast line and a beach that allowed dogs. So of course we took the puppies in the ocean for the first time and they loved it! It was not so much fun for us though as they wanted to drink the saltwater and Chase wanted to say "Hi" to everyone, not what you would call a relaxing day at the beach for us! The weather turned chilly that night, the fog rolled in and it has not warmed up or cleared up for us yet! We did take advantage of the cold weather and took in a Saturday Matinee, Ironman - two thumbs up, and went for a yummy seafood dinner overlooking the coast, it was a purely indulgent day!
The next morning Troy took a bike ride on 101 and Lisa picked him up to proceed down the coast to check out the towns just south of Fort Bragg, Mendocino was our favorite!
We then moved "home" to Patrick's Point State Park, what a beautiful location near the Redwood National Park. We stayed across the street at Azalea RV Park and took the puppies to the park for a long walk upon our arrival. We enjoyed the park the next day as we took a hike on the beach and tried to ignore all the fog/mist coming in off the ocean. Below are a few pics from the park, the last one has a few of the local seals and sea lions, they were so loud we could hear them up on the bluff.
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We took a long drive to explore the area and discovered Prairie Creek Redwoods and came up close and personal with the Roosevelt Elk, well not too up close, this picture was taken from the car as we drove by :).JPG)
We took a trek over the river and through the woods and discovered "Fern Canyon", such a beautiful setting! We were making our way following the river while exploring the ferns when we met up with a school group and a very over zealous school teacher who was very excited to tell us about the canyon wall full of millipeds that was just around the corner, Lisa decided that was a good time to turn around and keep enjoying the ferns and leave the millipeds to themselves.
Check back soon for a recap of our journey up the Oregon Coast.
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