May 10, 2010

The pictures do not do the views justice. You can't capture the spectacular sites.
After a beautiful day yesterday today we are leaving Mendocino in the pouring rain. Well, we got to test out all the rain gear. We left at 9:00am traveling coastal Route 1 in rain, cold, windy, 50's and 40's all day traveling to Crescent City just below the Oregon border. Along the coast we had fantastic views even in the rain and wind, then up and over the Red Wood mountains in and out of the Red Wood National Parks. There was not a straight piece of road just curve after curve in the forest going only 15 miles an hour around the corners. No services just trees, trees and more beautiful red wood trees. After several hours and no facilities we were forced to visit a tree right there on the road and with so many clothes on including all the rain gear, it was quite a site...needless to say we had to laugh. The rain did stop long enough for us to stop in Leggett for us to take a picture of us driving through a red wood tree. (World famous).
Finally off Rt 1 and we picked up Route 101 there in Leggett and the drive was a little easier.
Continued to rain on and off but as we came back to the coast the views were unbelievable. In Crescent City we stayed at a Oceanside Hampton Inn right there on the beach and our ocean view from the room was breathtaking watching the waves break over the rocks and the rocks around the lighthouse. I was so cold and damp I couldn't wait to get into the hot shower.