Scottfeild Executive Hotels Eureka

so the drive down 101 was beautiful, we drove through the heart of the national park and took a hike to what used to be the tallest tree in America, now just a 26 ft in diameter stump.
Fortuna had the same air crescent city had, but we needed to stop after a long day of driving up and down the forest, with all of it's twists and turns. We bolted out of this one asap!!!

... cut down the trees in the area, and also Ferndale, where they used to live.

We went to downtown Fortuna the next day, and it took us al of 5 minutes to see everything! It's quite a small town, but it's in such a lovely location. Their house overlooks the town and the valley beyond, with the ocean in the distance, and their street looks just like it's straight out of Desperate Housewives! We did go back to the cider factory to watch them make cider and for some more ...

... of walks that we wanted to do the following day. Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwoods National Park was impressive and a great start to the day. The walk wasn't long and over flat ground so we were back on the road after about an hour. The next place we wanted to investigate was the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and Fern Canyon in particular as it was where Jurasic Park - The Lost World was filmed. On the drive in it was a dirt track down to a ...

... border to California. It is the first time we have actually been stopped at a state border. All vehicles must stop there to be checked to see if they are carrying any fruit/produce. Most of the time the only way you know you are crossing borders is by the signs. When we came into California, we also finally struck blue skies and sunshine. It had been overcast, and raining off and on during our trip through Oregon. At Grants Pass we found a very ...

... west through Redding and up Route 299 toward Eureka. The route quickly winds up hill through the Shasta-Trinity Wilderness and then follows the cascading Trinity River through the mountains for several miles. The road unfolded before us like a ribbon of asphalt crossing the bends of the river like a strand of DNA. Aili and I agreed that it was one of the most beautiful drives we've ever taken. We crossed ...

Hello Everyone! Kinsey Barnard here. I've gotten Koty to allow me a little air time as there was something I wanted to share with you that wouldn't be easy for Koty to talk about since the subjects is cats. Koty sees them as prey objects. I see them as love objects. :) Back in Montana we have a kitty named Tigger, who came to us from out from out of the forest. I have been able to get Koty to accept Tigger as a member of our pack but she is the ONLY cat Koty would not ...

... staff run up and down the stairs. Sunday morning (around 5am) the lazy paper delivery person woke me up to the sounds of "stomp stomp stomp whack stomp stomp whack". The "whack" was the sound of the large Sunday paper being casually tossed onto the floor. We also had the mis-fortune of picking the hotel the whole biker clan had picked. Saturday morning ...

... old ones!














We stopped at Crescent City which had been hit by a Tsunami about 100 years ago but the worst account of a tsunami was in the 1700's when a 50 foot wave hit the Oregon coast 20 minutes after an ...

... Despite the wind and the rain, knots of youths loitered aimlessly outside the general store, lending the place somewhat of a down-at-heel flavour. I picked up some supplies and headed back along the main drag. Over a great log-built hall a sign announced 'Headquarters of the Yurok Tribe'. A couple of dozen pick-ups filled the parking lot outside. By noon the following day the sky had cleared up. Eschewing the promise of 'Las Vegas Style Magic' on offer at an ugly steel ...

... my first "real" mountain biking - through trees, mud, etc! Spent the night outside of Eureka at the KOA. Our "next door" camping buddies were three girls that had just graduated high school...luke and i agreed that they all seemed older and that our parents probably would not have let us do a trip up and down the coast with friends after high school graduation!