Redwood Coast

This last weekend I went over to the coast to visit Corey on her side of the state. Always a good time for sight seeing and nature walks, as well as good, easy camping. We gathered some food at her place and headed west, stopped at a grocery store for more goodies, then headed south to see big trees, ferns, and the ocean.

We stopped at the Big Tree trail and saw the Big Tree, some gorgeous vegetation, and the world renowned Banana Slug. We took the scenic drive to the campsite stopping to take pictures and identify tree species along the way. Once we got a camp spot right on the beach we wandered down to the water to do some beachcombing for awhile. Losing daylight, we decided to head a couple miles down the road to Fern Canyon. On the way we took a dozen pictures of some very uncooperative elk.













Fern Canyon was absolutely gorgeous. The pictures don't do it justice, but it was this small canyon with a creek going through it that was lined on both sides by ferns. Basically the walls were made of ferns, with several springs dripping down from the top.

We headed back to camp for a gourmet dinner of hotdogs, chili and marshmallows. It didn't take long before we were both exhausted and ready for bed. We both slept relatively well with the sound of the waves in our ears as we fell asleep. In the morning I awoke to some drizzle outside the tent, but it didn't last long. I read a little of my book "The Sex Lives of Cannibals" (not at all what you think it's about) until it dried up a little. I started a fire so we could make tea and breakfast, and sat by it to read a little more. Corey finally crawled out of bed and we ate, did a little more beachcombing and then head back to her place to make Shelf Fungi- lasagna with the meat, mushrooms and onions simmered in beer.

With a little more room in our tummies, we walked down to store to get ice cream. After that it was pretty much time to leave. It's a little over four hours between her place and mine. It's too bad we're not closer, but we've been doing pretty good seeing each other in despite the distance. That'll change when fire season gets going, just like it always does.

Here's some video of the drive back to Corey's place. The camera was sticking out the sun roof, so there's a lot of noisy wind going on. You might want to turn the volume down.