Travel
We left the Inn at Gold Beach after breakfast and headed over to the Forest Service Visitors Center to check out which short hikes might be best for kids (and grannies). The woman working at the VC was so helpful and gave us several suggested hikes, plus was great with the kids - pulling out the goodie bag of items kids love.
We did a short stretch of the Oregon Coast Trail off Highway 101. It started out fairly easy with mostly downhills and some uphills, but it got very steep once we came close to the ocean.
The last part was climbing down rocks to the little beach, but I opted to stay where I was. I'm not steady enough on my feet to deal with the steep rocks, and have finally learned that "discretion is the better part of valor".
I think it's amazing the way the trees grow on the rocks.
Coming back up to the car we must have taken a different trail and it became so steep I wasn't sure I could make it, but I did! The old girl ain't finished with life just yet!
It was a long drive from Gold Beach down to Eureka, CA - lots of traffic, road works, stopped traffic, and little towns, and I was glad when we finally turned east on Hwy 299 towards Redding. We stopped for the night in the cutest little town I've seen yet, Weaverville. I just love the looks of it, and will try to get some photos of it tomorrow. It has a lot of shops on the Main Street, but they aren't the touristy type you see in the spruced up towns. I think this area of the Trinity River Forest caters to fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts, and is a no-frills town but has some unique shops. We ate dinner at a great restaurant this evening - terrific food, service, and a full house.
Please click on pictures to enlarge. I'm never sure if I have included the pictures I want, because it is difficult to tell from the thumbnail photos shown in blogger.
More to come tomorrow! Good night all.
- Weaverville, Ca
Our last overnight stop was in Weaverville, CA. We took Rt 299 from Eureka to Redding, and although it is very hilly and extremely curvy, it is a beautiful road with exquisite scenery. We passed through the Trinity Alps which take your breath...
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Travel
Oregon Coast and Weaverville, CA
We left the Inn at Gold Beach after breakfast and headed over to the Forest Service Visitors Center to check out which short hikes might be best for kids (and grannies). The woman working at the VC was so helpful and gave us several suggested hikes, plus was great with the kids - pulling out the goodie bag of items kids love.
We did a short stretch of the Oregon Coast Trail off Highway 101. It started out fairly easy with mostly downhills and some uphills, but it got very steep once we came close to the ocean.
The last part was climbing down rocks to the little beach, but I opted to stay where I was. I'm not steady enough on my feet to deal with the steep rocks, and have finally learned that "discretion is the better part of valor".
I think it's amazing the way the trees grow on the rocks.
Coming back up to the car we must have taken a different trail and it became so steep I wasn't sure I could make it, but I did! The old girl ain't finished with life just yet!
It was a long drive from Gold Beach down to Eureka, CA - lots of traffic, road works, stopped traffic, and little towns, and I was glad when we finally turned east on Hwy 299 towards Redding. We stopped for the night in the cutest little town I've seen yet, Weaverville. I just love the looks of it, and will try to get some photos of it tomorrow. It has a lot of shops on the Main Street, but they aren't the touristy type you see in the spruced up towns. I think this area of the Trinity River Forest caters to fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts, and is a no-frills town but has some unique shops. We ate dinner at a great restaurant this evening - terrific food, service, and a full house.
Please click on pictures to enlarge. I'm never sure if I have included the pictures I want, because it is difficult to tell from the thumbnail photos shown in blogger.
More to come tomorrow! Good night all.
- Weaverville, Ca
Our last overnight stop was in Weaverville, CA. We took Rt 299 from Eureka to Redding, and although it is very hilly and extremely curvy, it is a beautiful road with exquisite scenery. We passed through the Trinity Alps which take your breath...
-
Tuesday evening - we left Sunday just before Noon for Burney Falls, CA, and had a cabin reserved at the State Park there. The cabin was very nice and just perfect for us, although the sites were close together with no or little privacy between them. ...
- What A Difference A Day Makes
If I had written this post last night as I thought about doing, I would have said goodbye from blogging altogether. I haven't felt so sad in a long time, and it started the night before last, coming to a crescendo by the time I went to bed last...
- Dinner On Patrick's Day
I had a wonderful evening and a delicious dinner last night. We ate at a big long table set up outside and later moved over to the fire pit where the burning logs felt so good. Of course it's usually constant laughs when I'm with this...
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