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In the July month of 2007, my wife and I took a road trip from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA with stops in between.

This is Day 3. We woke up in the Redwood Forest and spent most of the day driving through it. It was incredibly amazing. There were some amazing views of the ocean, and we passed a place called Trees of Mystery that had a large wooden reproduction of Remington’s “End of the Trail” (I HATE that statue). We didn’t go into Trees of Mystery, though I kind of wish we had. We did drive through a redwood tree though. Just like you see on postcards.

After leaving the Redwood Forest, we ate lunch in a restaurant located on a pier, and in the water under the pier were several harbor seals. I was amazed. We passed a shop called Legend of Bigfoot where I bought some redwood seedlings and some live burls, some of which are still alive! We drove down California 1, which was very, very winding. I got kind of nauseated during parts of it, and the whole thing was very slow-going.

We slept in a hotel in Petaluma, CA, a place devoid of non-chain restaurants. Blech.

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In the July month of 2007, my wife and I took a road trip from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA with stops in between.

This is Day 2. The first stop in the morning was to Sea Lion Caves. It was great!! You go down a long elevator hewn into a cliffside, and you emerge into a cave that’s open to the sea. In this cave are dozens, if not hundreds, of Stellar’s sea lions. They are LOUD AND AWESOME.

Then we drove some more and happened upon some roadside safari thing. It was like a petting zoo that also had predators in cages. It was fairly obvious that they were not well taken care of, especially the predators and the chimpanzees.

We camped in Crescent City, CA, just south of the Oregon border. The campground was in a redwood forest, and it was beautiful.

And then we had dinner.

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In the July month of 2007, my wife and I took a road trip from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA with stops in between. Going south we took our time on US 101 and did lots of exploring. On the way back we took I-5. There is nothing to do on I-5.

This is Day 1. We left Seattle very early in the morning, and did our best to get to Newport, OR by 3pm to take the free daily tour of the Rogue Brewery. We barely made it. The tour wasn’t that great. The tour guide acted like she wasn’t getting paid. It was really rushed, but I was glad for the opportunity to see the birthplace of so many of my favorite beers.

Then we found a campground, set up our tent, and ate a dinner of fish and chips. Or as Jen calls them, fishenchips.

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