Wednesday--Week 3

beach on northern coast of Oregon
Oregon's beaches are rockier and have more trees than the ones we have seen in California.
more Oregon coastline
This was about midway of Oregon's coastline. There was lots of fog, and it was difficult to get pictures--especially landscapes

more coastline California redwoods--they are huge. The coastal redwoods are the tallest of the three types of redwoods.
Note the sign says 320 feet long. It was, too. That's longer than an eleven-man football field. This tree had fallen, but its roots are still intact, and it is a living tree, even though it is horizontal. It has smaller redwoods growing from it. They said the smaller ones nourish the big one through photosynthesis, and the big one nourishes the smaller ones. I thought that was pretty neat.
Just to show the size of the bottom of one of the big redwoods.

Hello Everyone,

It's 12:20, and I'm still waiting for the video to upload. We are in Ft. Bragg, CA and plan to go to Yosemite National Park tomorrow, then SE to the Grand Canyon, then head home. The coast is just beautiful--at least we think it is--couldn't see much of it--it was really foggy until this afternoon, and then the fog rolled in again tonight. We are going down the coastline on HWY 1. We will follow it for a little longer, then go SSE to Yosemite. HWY 1 is right on the coast and very scenic. Will try to write more tomorrow.

Love,

Mimi

I thought you might like to watch the waves and hear them, so here they are.