Redwoods today

Mile 1180

Sitting at the Beachcomber Cafe in Trinidad getting my morning coffee before the drive through Redwood National Park. Free wireless.



Yesterday, from Redding, we headed directly west on Hwy. 299. What a beautiful drive. It follows the Trinity River for most of the way over the mountains. Around mile 994 we stopped at picnic area that had river access. The fresh mountain water was quite refreshing and we watched river rafters paddle by. We hit the 1000 mile mark at a town called Hawkins Bar. It's so small it doesn't even show up on some maps we had. By about mile 1050 we had made it to the coast. It was just after 7pm and there was still quite a bit of daylight left. So we went south to drive through Eureka, circled Arcata Bay and went north to find somewhere to watch the sunset. We found the perfect place in the town of Trinidad. After that it was too dark by then to see any of the Redwood Trees. We camped out last night at a place called Klamath River RV Park. Pretty nice place. Nice showers.

Woke at 6am and came back down the coast to Trinidad for a walk on the beach. Now we're off to see the Redwoods, then it's on to Oregon!