Redwood National Park

Trees.  Giant Trees!

What a wonderful experience to walk among 300 ft tall, 1500 year old trees.  Words can't describe how peaceful and tranquil it is.  And photos really don't do it justice....

A giant Redwood disappears into the fog



The path into the Redwoods



Jennifer demonstrating how tall the Redwoods are



Later in the day with less fog



Detail of Redwood bark

Travel Day - Central Oregon Coast to the Redwoods

After a great few days in Yachats, we drove down to Bandon for lunch (Laurence's old stomping ground in middle school and high school).  We got to visit the new cheese factory in town - nice to see Bandon back in the cheese business!

Then we enjoyed a beautiful drive down the rest of the Oregon Coast into California.  We'll be staying just outside the Redwoods NP for a few nights.  The resident Elk were grazing outside our door....



A solo male keeping a hopeful eye towards the herd...


The male of the herd interacted with all 20+ females and young elk - fun to watch


Setting moon through the sunset lit clouds

Oregon Coast - Driving to Yachats

Wow - we must have had a few inches of rain on the drive down to Yachats today.  We kept the speed down and stopped in for a long Starbucks break in Newport.

After checking into our hotel - the skies parted briefly, and we were able to enjoy 15 minutes of rain free photography.



Algae grass trying to work it's way out to sea....



Stormy sea sunset

Oregon Coast - last day in Cannon Beach

We have settled in to more typical Oregon Coast weather - windy, cloudy and sunny, changing rapidly.  We are having a blast, and enjoying the massive number of Pelican's hanging out on the beach.



Stormy B&W



Pelican fly-over



Cruising in front of storm clouds



Jennifer takes advantage of a sunny break in the weather for a beautiful run



And a quick pose after the run



Grassy sand dune

Oregon Coast - Cannon Beach

We arrived to amazing weather on the Oregon Coast.  Sunny, calm and warm (70 degrees counts as warm on the Oregon Coast - especially in October).

This morning the sky filled with soft pastel light - making for some fun photography.



Haystack rock in the mist



Looking the other direction



Haystack Rock in the distance from a grassy dune