Whales and Redwoods

June 6 – First thing yesterday morning we drove to an overlook and saw a bunch of whales just off shore. They are migrating now. Some were as close as 40 feet off the beach. Most were further out though, lots of interesting rocks just off the coast up here.

After viewing the whales we drove into the Giant Redwood Forest. Wow are those trees tall; tons of ferns and undergrowth. We took a nature trail (had a bunch of little signs telling us what we were looking at) it was like walking through Jurassic Park. We ate a picnic lunch next to a meadow where a bunch of bull elk were grazing. That seemed like a full day so we went back to the MH and did some laundry. Still cloudy and raining off and on. Oh well.

News Flash: Maggie drove her car into a tree. Nobody was hurt though. It was the giant redwood with a hole in it large enough to drive through so she did.

This morning we drove to Gold Beach, Oregon. They have jet boats that deliver mail at places up the river. Oh, and they also take riders for a modest fee. Well, it’s more than modest. We’ve seen the video and it looks like fun so we’re going tomorrow.

This afternoon we walked the beaches and looked for walking sticks. There is a ton of driftwood on the beaches now. The heavy rains have caused the rivers to fill and they, in turn, have picked up every loose piece of wood they could and sent it downstream. Once the river dumps into the ocean all the wood goes out a ways and then washes back up on the shore of the beaches. Check out what some industrial people did with some of the wood.