The morning started well, everyone slept in.
We left the Willits KOA and drove to the Avenue of the Giants. There we crossed paths with narrow roads and large trees. It is an amazing experience to drive next to the big old trees.
They kind of look like croquet wickets as you try to center the rig between them. It is generally no problem, that is, unless another RV or semi is choosing the same road, opposite direction, same time. All in all, we saw plenty of Redwoods on this stretch as well as on Highway 101.
The youngest 6 on the trip took a gondola ride up the mountain in Klamath, CA while I worked out some details for our next few days. Friends from Oregon are offering some insight and facilities to help streamline our efforts.
Shortly after this stop, we ran into a few herds of elk. The beasts looked as big as horses and motivated me to get to the campsite before dusk. I really didn't want to jockey for position on the road with one of these guys!
We had a disappointing dinner at a local Mexican joint in Crescent City and then cruised into Oregon. Caleb made sure he was the first Tyner to make it into this state as he dove as far forward towards the windshield.....
My goal was to land at our beach side campsite before sunset in order to see my first west coast sunset of the trip. But I came around a mountain corner to a view that only a photographer could truly appreciate. We spent the next 30 minutes allowing Caitlin to express herself and chase a number of amazing photos. (Maybe she will add some to this post?!)
But the photo stop still allowed us time to park with some light and meet some new friends on the beach and invade their beach fire. We only bothered them for a half hour or so....peace.
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