Last month Trudy and I flew to San Francisco and drove north to Aracata, California to visit with her sister, Linda. For two glorious weeks we explored northern California and the shoreline of southern Oregon.
Trudy and Linda experiencing a huge
spruce tree in the Cape Perpetua Scenic
Area south of Yachats, Oregon
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REDWOOD TREES are ginormous and are a 'you-will-always-remember-it' experience!!!
Bob feeling very humbled next to a redwood in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park south of Orick, CA |
Arcata Community Forest |
Some ferns grow head high. |
Elk in the Priairie Creek Redwoods State Park |
ROCKY SHORELINES of northern California and Oregon
We spent two days enjoying the Bandon, Oregon area. I could have easily spent two months walking the sandy beaches, marveling at the rock sea stacks in the Pacific. |
Humbolt Lagoon State Park |
Unnamed beach at the mouth of the Redwood Creek, Orick
California
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Some beaches have huge collections of driftwood. This is one
of the more appealing 'houses' that will stand until the next
big storm.
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Probably because I am a native Floridian, I am fascinated by
rocks. This very cool large chunk of stone has beautiful veins
of quartz.
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The streaks of quarts mirrored the crashing waves of the Pacific. |
Yep ... this is the same rock that I encountered on my return
walk back up the beach. This is a Western Gull with a red
streak on its thick yellow bill.
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This nearby sandy beach is speckled with billions of polished
stones in a myriad of colors ranging in size from tiny pebbles
to silver dollars.
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This little beauty was on a hard to find beach in the McVay
Rock State Recreation Area near Brooking, Oregon.
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McVay had the most amazing diversity of
seaweed along the shoreline!
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At the beach adjacent to Stone Lagoon, Humbolt Lagoon State
Park, waves splashed over ten feet high over the rocks.
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This is the first of 5 images showing a wave surging up a
narrow channel in the rocky shoreline at Cape Perpetua.
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2 of 5 series |
3 of 5 series |
4 of 5 series |
5 of 5 series |
A spray of white foam exited through 'Spouting Horn', 'a blow
hole in the rocks at Cape Perpetua.
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Driftwood formation at McVay Beach. |
We visited Jesse, Linda's son at Slide Ranch, near the Muir
Woods National Monument. I call this 'Seal Rock', viewed
from the Muir Beach Overlook, just north of San Francisco.
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Rocks smoothed by wave action, Slide Ranch. |
This image, also at Slide Ranch is the last of my Rocky
shoreline series
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SANDY BEACHES are the most common in California, even along most of the northern California coastline.
Early morning view from the Moonstone County Park, between
Aracata and Trinidad, California.
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Agate Beach in the Patrick's Point State Park, north of Trinidad
California
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I returned several times to walk for miles along the sandy
beaches and dunes of Mad River Beach, a short drive from
Aracata, California.
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This Purple Sail Jellyfish is closely related to the Portuguese
man of war but has no stinging tentacles. Samoa Dunes
Recreation Area, Aracta, California.
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Dungeness crab shell |
Morning sun over high dunes at Mad River Beach. |
Gold Beach, Oregon |
The last night of our Oregon road trip was spent at Gold Beach,
Oregon. We boarded a jet in San Francisco for the flight back to
Tallahassee the next day.
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Love this series, Bob!
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