Monday, April 20, 2009

Sunday, April 12 (Redwood Nat. Park to Umpqua Lighthouse St. Park, OR)

Sunday I woke up and took the pics shown in the last post. I then set out up the coast again, heading toward Oregon. I still had a few days before I met up with Jon, so I took my time and cruised, stopping at a few thrift stores (I collect records) and stopping for food. I even stopped at the world famous drive-through tree, a thrill for which I paid $5. However, the truck wouldn't fit through the tree. I explained to the people there that this negated the "drive-through" aspect of the adventure, and rendered it simply a tree with a hole in it, of which I had seen many. They were unimpressed with my argument.


I also drove through a puddle, which seemed pretty small at the time but which definitely wreaked havoc with the engine. I figured it was water in the distributor, and pulled into a diner to have breakfast and let it dry out, rather than just unbolt it and use some wd40. In the parking lot of the diner, I picked up my second and last hitchhiker:


After a quick stop to pull the screw and plug it, I was on my way again. I finally hit Oregon, which marked the furthest north I'd been on the west coast. The OR shore is even more impressive than the CA shore. The coastline is more jagged and rough, the weather is more foreboding, and you have these monolithic rocks out in the water, standing like guardians of the shore. They're wrapped in mist, with waves crashing around them and over them. It's a pretty magical sight.






My route

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