Highway 101, Avenue of the Giants, Highway 1

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  North Bend, Oregon
Thursday, October 29, 2009

We started on Highway 101 and traveled down the coast.  It is incredibly beautiful here and the ocean views are stunning.  Its amazing how far out to sea you can actually see from this coastal road - its breathtaking.  The pine forests are huge and its non-stop scenery for the whole trip.

We started on Highway 101 from Lincoln Beach in Oregon and drove until we reached North Bend Oregon.  We headed down to the beach and saw seals and the Brown Pelican which is an endangered species.  We spent one night here and the next day drove on further down the coast to Eureka in California.  Finally the weather starts looking up!  California is beautiful and sunny and warm...thank god!!!

From Eureka we followed the 101 inland and took a detour on the old Highway 101 so we could drive through The Avenue of the Giants.  The Avenue of the Giants is a huge redwood forest which is the largest of its kind in the world.  The trees are unbelievebly massive and some are thousands of years old.  It's a really incredible drive.

We then headed back to the coast and met up with Highway 1, where we drove the coastal road to Bodega Bay.
 
This road trip along the coast has been a huge highlight of our trip.  The wildlife and views are really amazing.  We were lucky enough to get to see wild Elk and also a Bobcat which ran across the road in front of our car.  Luckily it escaped!

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Heading towards Highway 101	Pretty self-explanatory	Coast on Highway 101	Frew Frew
Brown Pelicans	Brown Pelicans	Coastal view Highway 101	Coastal view Highway 101
Coastal view Highway 101	Coastal view Highway 101	Should have taken the actual stairs to the beach	Seals at North Bend
Seals	North Bend beach	Huge bird at North Bend	North Bend
Logs washed up at North Bend beach	Us, on the coast	Cruising along Highway 101	Highway 101 coastal views
Wild Elk bull	A whole herd of wild Elk	Wild Elk herd	Avenue of the Giants
Avenue of the Giants	Avenue of the Giants	Redwood trees, Avenue of the Giants	Frew in the redwood forest
Avenue of the Giants, river view	Drive thru redwood	Driving thru the redwood	Drive thru redwood
Exciting times for the driver!	We made it to Leggett!!	Highway 1	Highway 1
Highway 1	It's finally warm and sunny!!	Highway 1	Californian sunshine!

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