Ok, let's try to get caught up on what we are doing and where we are. I think I left off telling you about my scary trip to Glacier National Park last Friday. On Saturday morning we were on our way to Washington. The drive was long and a little boring as the scenery was not "up to par" according to what we had seen so far. There was one interesting scenic lookout and we got some nice pictures of the bridge we would soon be crossing, as well as the river and mountains near by. As we were walking back to our car, someone asked us where we were from. We started up a nice conversation with June and Kathy, who lived nearby. They told us about some places of interest to visit in Washington and California. Here's a "shout out" to you both, if you are reading this entry.
We were headed to Port Angeles, WA for the evening. Along the route we passed through and looked around in Mt. Rainier National Park. It was as gorgeous as the other parks we had visited. Finally we arrived at our KOA around 5 and headed into town for supper after checking in. We ate at the Golden Gate Chinese resturant and the meal was superb. An interesting note, Port Angeles was the setting for some shots in the recent movie Twilight so we walked around town and took some pictures. If you are a Twilight fan, let me know and I will send you more of the pictures than what I will add to the slideshow.
The next morning we headed to the little town of Forks, which is the main setting for the Twilight story. It was neat seeing many of the places from the movie and we took about 2 hours looking around and snapping pictures. Some of those are included in the new slideshow I have now added.
As a Twilight fan, I was thrilled to actually be in the town and get a feel for the characters and story. After fullfilling my appetite for vampires, we headed into Olympic National Park. One of the spots we stopped was a beach area that overlooked a huge lake and 4 mountains. It was breath-takingly beautiful and I wanted to just sit and gaze at it forever. But the road called to me and soon Jeryl and I were on our way once again to the Hoh Rain Forest. I did not even know one exsited in the US but it does and we wandered through the trails for about an hour. It felt as if we were back in the dinosaur days and we expected to see one grazing or lumbering through the woods. It was very quiet and the woods held a somber feeling.
Sunday evening we arrived in Portland, Oregon to have supper with a friend of mine, Nat, who I knew when she was a student at UK and I was at EKU. She is living in Portland now and I hadn't seen her for about 6 years so it was good to catch up. She also brought along her good friend, Teresa, and we 4 enjoyed just chillin and talking on the patio of a neighborhood cafe.
We got back on the road about 7:30PM and headed to Waldport, Oregon. We thought it would be about a 2 hour drive but due to a curvy, windy road that led us into the mountains, we didn't arrive until about 11:3o. At one point on the road, we came upon a huge log that had fallen and completely blocked the road. One section was enough off the ground that Jeryl chanced driving the jeep under it and we made it. We were so dead tired at that point that if we had to turn around and go back and find another way, we would both have cried.
This morning we slept in a little, wrote some post cards, found a post office, and headed down the Oregon Coast on highway 101. We followed the coastline for 5 hours and I drove the entire time and never tired of just staring at the beautiful Pacific Ocean, the deep brown sand dunes and the giant black rocks as big as battleships dotting the water here and there. We stopped one time and walked to the beach to take pictures. The wind was probably blowing about 60mph and it was hard to walk but the sand felt amazingly warm on our barefeet and made the trip to the water worthwhile.
Finally we arrived in Cresent City, California for the night. Our cabin is right in the middle of the redwood forest. It feels like we are living in a fable for the moment and I half expected to see an old witch cackling as she stirred her boiling pot of water or an ancient troll beckoning us to come inside the hollowed trunk of some fallen tree to see their treasures. :0) After a bite of supper, we drove an 8 mile loop to see the redwoods and had fun taking pictures and walking around. A couple of times Jeryl and I tried to figure out how big a tree was and we spread our amrs as far out as we could and walked around the tree counting. One tree took 12 of our outstretched arms to go around it. WOW!!
Tomorrow we will walk around our campground and take more pictures. Then we will be heading to San Francisco. I'm excited about seeing the Golden Gate Bridge. Til then, happy trails and thanks for keeping up with our trip....R & J
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