Day 150 - Crescent City, CA to Reno, NV - Partly Cloudy - Mid 50's
We were back in the car early again this morning as we had a long drive ahead of us to Reno. We had planned a couple stops on our drive down the coast. Our first stop was a beautiful scenic overlook 600 feet above the ocean and the Klamath River delta. It was an amazing view and we wish we had more time to explore and look for gray whales that are migrating North up the coast.
From there we made a quick stop at an Elk refuge where we were able to see a few Elks eating in the fields. It was amazing as Heather had never seen an Elk before. This road also took us to what was formerly the tallest tree in the world. Unfortunately a storm blew the top of the tree off and it is no longer the tallest. It was still amazing to see though!
Our next stop was one that I had been looking forward to for awhile. We arrived at the Tour-Through Tree, paid our $5 fee, and headed up to the huge redwood that we could drive the car through. We got our monies worth and drove through the tree four times and got some great pictures and videos - check them out!! I also used the bathroom here that was inside of a hollowed out Redwood Tree. No pictures-sorry!
After our drive thru we were straight onto Reno. It was a LONG boring drive through the countrysides of California and Nevada. Fortunately we were staying at a hotel with a kitchen so we cooked up some dinner and hit the sack!
Day 149 - Klamath Falls, OR to Crescent City, CA - Partly Cloudy/Rain/Sun - Low 30's to Mid 50's:
After a good night out playing some pong like I was back in college, we woke up early and packed the car and said goodbye to Ryan. He was off to tutor some kids in statistics and we had some miles ahead of us. We gassed up the Saab and headed West again toward the Redwood National Forest.
We arrived in the mid-afternoon and stopped by the visitor center to see what we should see and do while we were in the forest. We were pointed toward a couple old growth redwood forests. These trees were amazing!! We didn't get the same awe moment as we got in the Sequoia Forests because the trees aren't quite as big near the bottom but they sure do seem to stretch forever into the sky. After exploring the groves we went to look for a place to stay for the night. There were many campsites around but the weather called for rain and we didn't want a repeat of the wet night in Virginia, so we checked into the local Econolodge and grabbed some pizza for dinner.
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