Seashells and Overalls: rivers

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

absolutely no hippies

Yesterday, we walked with Giants, not the baseball team but the Coastal Redwoods on the Avenue of the Giants in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Wow, I thought the Redwoods were big in Muir Woods (California Dreamin’) but these guys were spectacular. The largest one we saw was the Dyerville Redwood Giant which actually fell in 1991. Measured in 1972, the it stood 362 feet tall. It was estimated to be 1600 years old. Unbelievable! Although our truck wouldn’t fit, there were even some trees you could drive thru!

wanna feel small? visit the Giants!

nope, we won’t be boondocking here…

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Today we visited some beaches… (so different from the gulf coast I’m used to!)

…and hiked down to the Trinity River /Gray Falls…

S E R I O U S L Y ?

I’M CONFUSED ENOUGH ALREADY!

…then drove home via Hwy 3 and 36 along the Mad River.

What a great day! One more before we move on toward San Francisco…again.

Welcome New Followers!

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John and Judy

Blessings Y’all!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Ahhhhhhhh, Florida

I never tire of a white sand beach. Ahhhhhh… Gulf Islands National Seashore

We took the scenic route to Tampa this time. While in Pensacola we discovered that my favorite little hotel, Five Flags Inn was destroyed in Hurricane Ivan in 2004. :(

On a happier note I found the campground in Destin my parents took our family to when I was 16 called Camping on the Gulf. They took us in a Dodge truck with a cabover camper and we parked on the second row. It was heaven! We plan to stay here sometime next year. (They take reservations up to a year in advance…a bit pricey but so worth it!)

Driving along the gulf coastline, we explored some “off the beaten path” places including Fanning Springs, The Suwannee River and BubbaQue’s at Chiefland, best BBQ we’ve ever had!