Today’s forest walk.
…with Annie the Athlete!
The California Coast
Today’s forest walk. …with Annie the Athlete! Today’s forest walk. …with Annie the Athlete! Fish and chips for lunch
…at the Chart Room in Crescent City, California. 2015 summer trip map We crossed the coastal range; I think at this point it’s actually the southern end of the Cascades; a very winding two-lane for a big rig; a lot of driving for a hundred miles. We’re at the Crescent City/Redwoods KOA at the northwestern tip of California. 
…nestled up against a redwood forest. The trees are big even though the biggest trees are long gone. Remnants remain of the earlier logging.
…with tent sites and camping cabins strategically scattered throughout.
This is no normal KOA. This is a destination.
…nestled up against a redwood forest. The trees are big even though the biggest trees are long gone. Remnants remain of the earlier logging. …with tent sites and camping cabins strategically scattered throughout. This is no normal KOA. This is a destination. North in Interstate 5
A long and winding interstate through the northern California mountains. Lots of elevation changes. Lots of gear changes. Past Mount Shasta.
Past this other thing that’s not Mount Shasta (but it’s a lot closer to the highway).
Oregon. Medford. The Medford/Gold Hill KOA.
2015 summer trip map (You might have to move the map a little to see where we are.) Fuel is really expensive in California, so instead of tanking up this morning at 3.10 a gallon in California, we drove on into Oregon before we stopped for fuel. Paid 3.13. Oh well. No harm. We might not have thought the right thing, but at least we were thinking. Found a rufous hummingbird here at a feeder.
Past this other thing that’s not Mount Shasta (but it’s a lot closer to the highway). Oregon. Medford. The Medford/Gold Hill KOA. 2015 summer trip map (You might have to move the map a little to see where we are.) Fuel is really expensive in California, so instead of tanking up this morning at 3.10 a gallon in California, we drove on into Oregon before we stopped for fuel. Paid 3.13. Oh well. No harm. We might not have thought the right thing, but at least we were thinking. Found a rufous hummingbird here at a feeder. Magpies
Black-billed magpies.
Yellow-billed magpies.
The black-billed magpie is common all over the western U.S., north of Arizona and New Mexico. The yellow-billed magpie is only found in California’s central valley and the adjacent foothills.
Yellow-billed magpies. The black-billed magpie is common all over the western U.S., north of Arizona and New Mexico. The yellow-billed magpie is only found in California’s central valley and the adjacent foothills. The Office
I wrote something about the office while we were there last month, and someone had to go and bring up the Great Red Carpet incident from 2003. http://steveandjudystravelblog.blogspot.com/2003/09/work.html That was the “before” picture. This is the “after” picture. http://steveandjudystravelblog.blogspot.com/2003/09/office.html Since then we’ve moved to more space again. I wasn’t on-site this time, but I’m led to believe the most recent move went smoother than the Great Red Carpet move.