Welcome to California

We crossed into California this morning and are officially on the way back home.  Kathe and Jim tried to get an early start this morning and were actually on the road by 10 AM.  I think that's a new record.  Good thing we got an early start because it was a long and difficult drive down the coast.  We drove 197 miles today.  It was a very beautiful drive, but many times we had to slow to 30 MPH to make the curves.  And there were LOTS of curves.

This morning as we drove through Bandon-By-The-Sea, Oregon we saw about 20 cranberry bogs.  After visiting the Cranberry Museum we now know what to look for.  The farmland gave way to beautiful cliffs and rock formations out in the sea.  It was hard to stop for pictures, but Jim got a few.

By afternoon, we were in the Redwood Forest.  After all the trees we have seen on this trip, the redwoods are still the most beautiful.  On the Redwood Highway the trees are so close to the road we were worried we might clip one on a turn.  It was a beautiful but tiring drive for all three of us.

We stopped at the "Sounds of the Seas" an RV resort near Patrick's Point, so expect some pictures of trees tomorrow!  We will be here for 2 nights to
rest up for the long drive on Sunday to Santa Rosa. 

Kathe found some blackberries here in the back of our site.  She has been looking for blackberries the whole trip with no luck, it's too early for them in Oregon.  She picked enough for a cobbler for dessert tonight.  I got to lick the bowl!

We are all really  tired tonight, so I guess we will all go to bed early.