The last couple days of the trip before returning home were spent in the Redwood Forest. The trip up from San Francisco was really nice and lots of scenery to see and photograph. We spent the night about 80 miles from Cresent city and then spent day 8 driving the final leg and hiking a few trails along the way. We got a nice intro to the park on the first trail as it was only a couple miles long and a nice easy walk. The second trail was about 4 miles and took a while. We also got some good shots of Elk but didn’t get the great shots due to it raining really hard. Our gear we took worked perfectly, as we stayed dry along the way, however, we were unable to take out the camera to take photos so you’ll just have to trust me. Or maybe you’ll have to trust my wife as I might make things up from time to time to entertain everyone…
By the time we made it into Cresent City it was almost dark and we were exhausted after walking hours in the rain, but the hikes were wonderful to take in. We ate dinner and turned in to prepare for the next days events.
Photos from day 9
Day 9 was spent taking in the light house which was a bit of a disappointment since we couldn’t actually get out to it, and also because it was raining. I was starting to think our last day might be spent driving around instead of hiking but it turned out quite the opposite.
The lady at the hotel pointed out a nice drive to take and since it was raining I figured we’d go give it a shot. It turned out to be a one lane dirt road that had many trails that run off of it. One I recognized as being told it was nice by a park ranger the day before so we took off. It stated that it was 2.8 miles and we weren’t sure if it was out and back or a loop. It turned out to be 2.8 miles 1 way and it was out and back so we got quite a hike in. The sun came out and the clouds went away so it ended up being a perfect hike, albeit long.
We got lots of nice pictures the last few days and started home this morning which is actually day 10 but not really considered part of the trip so I’m not listing it separately. We’ve gotten almost to Salt Lake City tonight before we quit but we drove about 1000 miles. I’m hoping to be able to accomplish this each day which will get us home sometime Sunday night if all goes well. The trip today was really beautiful and took us through Oregan, California and Nevada and the mountains and scenery have been really beautiful, especially Nevada. We weren’t real impressed with the south end of Nevada but the north side has been great. Its hard to drive by all these places as I keep wanting to stop and take pictures but I’ve resisted so that we can get back home in time.
Anyway, tomorrow we are planning another 1000 mile trip so we should get a bit closer to home and we’ll see everyone Sunday or Monday some time.
Oh, and I know I’m missing a few days worth of photos but will get them up as soon as I can.
–glenn hancock