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Orick Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Orick, United States
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West Coast Wanderings
Heading out of Yosemite down the beautiful and empty roads towards the coast we were once again in the unusual and quite delightful situation of having no idea where we wanted to go next. We decided in the end to return to San Francisco, mainly because ...
Pony stretches legs with 8 hour gallop
... we went for a wander down on the beach and touched the Pacific ocean. We continued on up the highway 101 to a very very little place called Orick where we found a cheap motel. We had to ring a buzzer to get the owner to come out. A very nice lady of ...
Aug 03, 2010
Coastal Redwoods are HUGE!!!
After sleeping in Eureka, CA for the night, we wake up pretty early and head towards Orick, CA or the Redwood National Park. I've always wanted to see the big trees, but I had no idea there were different kinds of redwoods. The kind in this park are only ...
Redwood National Park
Crescent City to Redwood National Forest. So the best way to read this journal is to put on your old Woodie Guthrie record and rock out to "This land is my land, this land is your land" since it is so perfectly applicable here. Although the end point ...
The Other Giants
So from Davis we headed East and drove up the coast to the Redwood National and State Parks. Almost the entire Northern coast is some sort of park, state or national. We decided it was time to rough it and decided to find a campground. ...
What was I thinking?
Redwood National Forest, CA to Modesto, CA OK, so I get a good amount of sleep and I’m feeling pretty good, so much so that I will ride my bike to all the shoots. I load up the twenty-plus pounds of camera gear, water, snacks and I head ...
They grow 'em big in the northwest
Crater Lake, Oregon to Redwood National Forest, CA I don’t get up at the crack of dawn but I wait for the sun to rise before I head out to a place called “The Pinnacles” located on the southeastern side of the ...
Clairvoyance...
Over the summer, while we were in NYC's Times Square, we were interviewed by Redbook magazine. They asked us what Steve and I wanted for Christmas? It's summer but ok, hmmm? I said I'd probably want a bubble bath and some crisp sheets. Steve was thinking ...
Big trees and misty skies
Arcata Arrived in Arcata at around 11pm since the bus was 1 hour late. Didnt want to look for a hotel so ended up sleeping on a bench near the transit centre. Not sure if it was a good idea at the time since there was another guy wandering around the ...
California love
It was hard to want to leave our heated yurt in the morning, plus Brit was almost done with Harry Potter No. 2, and didn't want to get into the car until she had finished. We finally did get ourselves and our gear into the car and headed out to check ...
Cal Barrel Road
But the day wasn't done yet. After getting back down Davidson Road to the Drury, there was still just enough time until sunset that I decided to go for a drive up Cal Barrel Road. I'd been told (again, in my guide and through various ...
The Big Tree
Back to the car, where we continued down the road just a short distance to the Big Tree. This one had a partially paved path, going to a tree that was HUGE in diameter, and in height. Also gated off so you couldn't get too close, since ...
in the land of giants
As some of you might know by now, our trip is going to be cut short a little as Nat had to take a job that starts a little earlier than we would have liked. I guess no matter how far you drive, you can't escape 'the man’ forever J So ...
Ferns Canyon
Nach der durchaus anstrengenden Erfahrung des Vortages wollte ich heute mal ein bisschen locker machen. Also schlief ich aus bis in die Puppen und machte mich erst am Nachmittag auf in den Ferns Canyon (Farn Canyon). Der Canyon war etwas ueberlaufen, da ...
Roosevelt Elk!
We paused again in the town just north of Eureka on the 101 just long enough for me to get out and stretch, and then we hit the shore. We stopped at several of the beaches along the 101, pausing for pictures and to enjoy the scenery. But even ...
Redwood National Park
Redwood National Park in very northern coastal California was another pleasant surprise. While in central California last year, we saw what we thought at the time were coast redwoods, and were sufficiently impressed then. The redwoods in northern ...
Big Ol' Trees
First stop: Redwood State and National Park Info Center. Here we learned that it costs $35 a night to set up a tent here, which to us was an outrageous sticker price for a 10'x10' square of land to sleep on. We asked about our other options, and learned ...
Drive to the Redwoods
We started our final leg of our journey to the Red woods today, 275 miles! In the massive car we have its not too bad! We arrived around 3 and I have never seen anything like it - its fantastic, the trees are massive, we saw one that's like a cork ...
California Dreamin'
After Crater Lake, we headed south along the coast to northern California and Redwood National Park. The Redwood area (which includes federal, state and county lands) abuts the coast and it was amazing to see redwoods next to the Pacific beaches. ...
Big Trees and Bigger Ocean Views
We decided to keep driving Route 101 up the California coast so that Doug could see some Redwood Trees. I was lucky enough to walk through some this past spring with my family in the Santa Cruz area, but Doug had never seen them. We drove from San ...
Fern Canyon
Next up, I decided we'd best hit the trail for Fern Canyon if we were going to do it. I almost decided against it in favor of more Redwood groves, but went on since we *had* seen one grove there around the Corkscrew Tree, one huge Redwood, and were ...
Giant Trees!
From Napa we headed 8 hours north along the Northern California coast. We stayed in Redwood National Park before heading out of California. Our campsite was awesome because it was right on the creek. All along the exterior of the ...
Gold Bluffs: The Hard Way
After leaving Silas' brother's house on Monday morning we spent the day driving through Bigfoot country to the coast. By 'Bigfoot country' I mean, this is the area (according to Silas) where that famous Bigfoot video was shot. So all along the road there ...
Redwoods! but still no dinos...
We managed to find the "back way" into the smaller more ghetto portion of the Redwood National Park. The road began with windy paved roads with no lines which gave way to about 15 miles of gravel. The route lead us through two Indian reservations, past ...
All I Really Want to Do
The gift shop owner whittled redwood burls for clocks and teddy bears—his tiny, dense store crowded with sentiment and curled shavings. "We're all re-lates here... everyone's someone's daddy-in-law or brother. Some folks round here're so slow, ...
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