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Sunset view from Harris Beach in Southern Oregon.

Sunset view from Harris Beach in Southern Oregon.

This was our first trip to the Southern Oregon coa

This was our first trip to the Southern Oregon coast and there were a ton of trails I wanted to explore but with only two days in Brookings we had to pick and choose. A lot of the coastal trails were too challenging to attempt with small children and the morning weather was foggy enough that I backtracked to the California redwoods on one morning since I couldn't see anything along the Oregon coast. Our two night stay was a bit short for all the hikes in the area, but it was beautiful and we definitely hope to return some day for a longer stay!

Here's a view of the natural bridges at Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor.

Sunlight catching on the waves at Harris Beach in

Sunlight catching on the waves at Harris Beach in Oregon.

One more from foggy wanderings through the Norther

One more from foggy wanderings through the Northern California redwoods.

By this point in our trip our hotel was in Oregon

By this point in our trip our hotel was in Oregon but when I woke up to a foggy marine layer I decided to backtrack into California for more redwoods. Here's a view from a morning drive through the narrow unpaved Howland Hill Road through the heart of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

A scenic morning walk through the beautiful Northe

A scenic morning walk through the beautiful Northern California coastal redwoods.

A nice driftwood sunset interlude from what will p

A nice driftwood sunset interlude from what will probably be several more days of California redwoods images. Taken on the Samoa peninsula near Eureka, California.

2021 Summer Road Trip (2 months) So, I got really

2021 Summer Road Trip (2 months)

So, I got really lazy about posting on here and I feel like I should get back into it. Before I disappeared I was not even halfway done posting images from our 2-month summer road trip so I think I'll try to restart that, though now that we've clearly finished said road trip I'll start off by posting a vague map of our route.

Green pins are places I posted here before my 6-month social media hiatus, and blue is stuff I hadn't gotten to yet.

We started our trip with some family visits in Texas and then stopped at the Grand Canyon on our drive to California. At this point we've driven the TX to CA routes enough times that we opted to start out with long driving days to get to CA with minimal stops and then take our time up the Pacific Coast. We drove the coastal route from Southern CA to Oregon to the Olympic Peninsula and San Juan Islands in Washington. Then we dipped down through the Cascade Range to Crater Lake, which was the last place we had booked before starting our journey.

We originally thought our return route would take us through CA-NV-UT-CO-TX, but as we were looking for last-minute Yosemite cancellations, we found some cancellations within Glacier National Park instead, so decided our return route would backtrack north through OR & WA to Montana, then return to Texas via North and South Dakota.

Anyway, we'll see if I can successfully finish posting about this trip before I get distracted by new travels or the pretty flowers (bluebonnets).

#roadtrip #californiaroadtrip #pnwroadtrip #usaroadtrip

Fallen redwood along the Founders Trail at Califor

Fallen redwood along the Founders Trail at California's Avenue of the Giants.

Continuing north from our Shelter Cove getaway we

Continuing north from our Shelter Cove getaway we explored California's Redwood National & State Parks.

Detail of Shelter Cove's Black Sands Beach which i

Detail of Shelter Cove's Black Sands Beach which is actually more of a rocky beach than it's name indicates.

A brief break from the fog along the black sand be

A brief break from the fog along the black sand beaches of Shelter Cove.

Our stay in Shelter Cove was mostly fog and rain,

Our stay in Shelter Cove was mostly fog and rain, but we took advantage of the brief sunny interludes.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Here is the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse; completed in 1868 and originally located at Cape Mendocino, the westernmost point in California. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1951 and left to slowly crumble into the sea. In 1998, the deteriorated lighthouse was removed from Cape Mendocino and was restored and reassembled at its new home in Shelter Cove.

Sunset at Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove, CA.

Sunset at Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove, CA.

As we left Fort Bragg we finally reached 𝘰𝘶𝘳 uncharted territory. We've previously visited a large amount of the Pacific Coast (on various trips) but this was our first trip driving the coast between Fort Bragg, CA and Bandon, OR. Our first stop was the secluded town of Shelter Cove along California's Lost Coast, reached by a winding 22 mile drive from Hwy 101.

Here's a view of Shelter Cove's amazing black sand beaches! Can you spot the deer?

We stopped Fort Bragg's Glass Beach but the main b

We stopped Fort Bragg's Glass Beach but the main beach was fenced off due to the stairs washing out several years ago.

Here's some older photos of the area since I didn't have Instagram then 😅

The skies were completely overcast in Fort Bragg b

The skies were completely overcast in Fort Bragg but we could see a glimmer of light to the south so I went on a quick excursion to find this moody sunset from the Mendocino Headlands.

The small coastal community of Gualala (pronounced

The small coastal community of Gualala (pronounced Wah-la-la) was one of our overnight stops so I figure I'll post another one from there. Here's a morning view of the sand bar and bluffs from Gualala Point Regional Park.

Point Arena Lighthouse along Northern California's

Point Arena Lighthouse along Northern California's Mendocino Coast. The land the lighthouse is situated on is the closest point to Hawaii from the Continental U.S.

Northern California's Bowling Ball Beach. This on

Northern California's Bowling Ball Beach. This one is a tricky one — if the tide is too low the water won't be anywhere near the rocks, and if the tide is too high they'll be completely covered. I went at sunrise and the tide was a bit lower than I would have preferred but at least there was a little sky color.

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