happyregardlessofgeography: Epic Road Trip Day 2

Day 2: Friday, March 18, 2011

Wow, what a day! The morning started early at 5:00 (and here I thought my days of waking up before dawn were behind me after quitting Peet's!) to get everything in the car before it all got too soaked. We managed to stuff everything in the car and head off to the coast before the sun came up. Headed into Mendocino and Fort Bragg and visited Glass Beach. Unfortunately the tides were not in our favor (literally) and were unable to truly enjoy the glass. Should I mention now that Jeremy and I are avid seaglass collectors and will miss the beaches. But with over 100 lbs of seaglass in tow, I'm sure we'll be enjoying them in Minnesota!

More driving up the coast after that, then through the drive-thru tree! I'm not gonna lie, we were unable to drive through because of the car topper, sad yes, but interesting nonetheless.

Avenue of the Giants was next, a lovely scenic detour from the 101 once it goes inland. Beautiful redwoods that seem even more majestic in the rain for some reason.

Once we hit Humboldt county, the skies miraculously cleared and we enjoyed a lovely walk next to the Marina in Eureka. We had a pit stop at the beach just north of Arcata and let Max get his paws dirty and run around.

We then stopped in Klamath for some obscenely expensive gas, while meeting one of the nicest guys I've ever met. He got so excited to see Max and he hit the nail on the head when he said "I bet he doesn't even realize that he's a dog." Funny but true.

Moving up the coast we hit Crescent City, about a week after the tsunami did. We were by the beach, but didn't see anything that would give any indication. What a beautiful city! I will have to come back to spend more time there.

The Oregon coast wasn't too far, so we decided to keep going. WOW! Let me just say that I've been up and down the California coast too many times to count and it's so amazingly gorgeous. I've had some great times there and it's unsurpassed for tide pools. But the Oregon coast is spectacular! I was blown away by it's beauty and, it might be blasphemous to say, but I think it may be more beautiful than Cali's coast. I'm sorry to say!