Sunday, May 27, 2007

Oregon Coast below Port Orford. First time I've pulled a trailer with this Wing, it does fine. I din't take many pictures today, I just enjoyed the ride. It was about 450 miles, and I didn't leave Coos Bay until 9:30 AM. It was chilly until mid afternoon, then as I got away from the ocean and into the wine and farm country, it got up into the low 80's, very nice. There was lots of traffic on the road, all the tourist traps were very busy.
The mouth of the Rogue River at Gold Beach, OR. They have a couple of companies here that provide jet boat ride up the Rogue. It's about a hundred miles from the city of Grants Pass, that's over on I-5 to this spot. 54 years ago, when I was 12 years old, I hiked all the way down through the wilderness area to right where this picture was taken. It's still very isolated from the rest of the world in this area, there never has been a road put all the way through the mountains here to the valley.
Typical beach on the Southern Oregon Coast.. This is just North of Gold Beach, OR
Wild Elk in a resere near Orick, California. The antlers are still small and in velvet this time of year.
Redwoods in Richardson grove on Highway 101. It's a beautiful drive through here. I chose an area where there was some sun. In the deep, dark, woods with the huge trees, it's hard to get a good picture, and even harder to find a wide place to pull over since the pavement got right to the edge of some of the trees.
Hmmm. Cobb Mountain? Maybe the Old thrillseeker Homestead!