{"id":1337,"date":"2018-12-30T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/?page_id=1337"},"modified":"2018-12-30T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T21:28:18","slug":"oregon-coast-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/trips\/oregon-coast-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Coast 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 1 - Aug 31, 2007\r\nLast updated: 9\/9\/07 2:00pm PT<\/pre>\n<p>&#8220;California Or Bust&#8221;. That was the theme when I first started planning this trip. The original plan was to have no plan. Hop in the car, get to highway 101 and see how far we could get before we would have to turn around and head back home. Well, that isn&#8217;t how it happened. I printed out 30 maps. Sightseeing opportunities were chosen. Potential lunch and dinner places marked. Hotels were reserved. A four page spread sheet with our itinerary was created. I just can&#8217;t wing it. My argument this time was that it was Labor Day weekend and it might be hard to pull into a hotel without a reservation and get a room (which was true at least in one of our hotels when I was rejected asking to switch rooms because the people next door were noisy).<\/p>\n<p>The very first thing that initiated this trip was the glass blowing studio in Lincoln City, Oregon that lets the average Joe create their own glass art. We have watched glass blowing in the past, and it is fun to watch. So a trip was planned, growing from Lincoln City to the entire 101 in Oregon, to seeing redwood trees in California. We would drive down the Oregon coast along Hwy 101 into California, then head east to I-5 for a quick ride home. Well, if we were going to go up I-5, through Portland, we&#8217;d have to stop at Powell&#8217;s to browse the books. And I&#8217;ve been seeing the Spruce Goose on a few TV shows lately, so we ought to include a stop at the aviation museum in McMinnville. Give me any number of days and I&#8217;ll fill them with activities. I think we drove about 1100-1200 miles.<\/p>\n<p>We left on Friday night after work so we could start first thing on Saturday near the Oregon coast. Unfortunately, everyone else in Seattle was escaping for the weekend too, so traffic was pretty nasty. Driving Hwy 30 at night was also a challenge. Really Oregon, can&#8217;t you afford to spill a little white paint to show where the road is?<\/p>\n<p>We spent the night in Astoria, OR. Stayed at a very nice Holiday Inn Express right on the Columbia River. Here are a couple of pictures from the hotel room.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/astoria1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/astoria1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/astoria2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/astoria2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Out the back of the hotel is the Columbia River and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astoria%E2%80%93Megler_Bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astoria-Megler Bridge<\/a> to Washington, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. In the third picture, we drove up the hill so we could get the whole bridge into the picture. Our hotel is the tan color building you see through the trees, just below the near side of the bridge.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/abridge.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/abridge.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dastoria.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dastoria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/abridge2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/abridge2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 2 - Sep 1, 2007\r\nLast updated: 9\/9\/07 2:30pm PT<\/pre>\n<p>First stop is Ft. Stevens, a military reservation that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River from the Civil War through World War II. There is a shipwreck on the beach of the English sailing ship &#8220;Peter Iredale&#8221; that ran aground in 1906. There isn&#8217;t much left.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/wreck1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/wreck1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/wreck2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/wreck2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ftstevens.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ftstevens.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/wreck3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/wreck3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After a quick drive through Seaside (a very touristy town), we went to Ecola State Park. That little blob out in the ocean in the middle of the third picture is a light house.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ecola2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ecola2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/eecola.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/eecola.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lighthouse.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lighthouse.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ecolapan.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1540\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ecolapan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Lunch was at Cranky Sue&#8217;s in Cannon Beach, another touristy town. The food was good, but a bit pricey, as I&#8217;m sure every place is here. After lunch we saw Haystack rock. This is the first of two rocks with the name &#8220;Haystack&#8221; in Oregon. They are remarkably similar looking, although this one is smaller. We&#8217;ll see the other one tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cranky1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cranky1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cranky2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cranky2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dcbhaystack.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dcbhaystack.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ecbhaystack.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ecbhaystack.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cbhaystack.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cbhaystack.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Tonight is spent in Tillamook (pronounced Till-a-m&#8217;k, I think). We went to the Tillamook Pioneer Museum. My impression: quite a large collection of dead birds and military things, not so much pioneer stuff. It&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re in the area. During WWII, Tillamook had been a base for blimps used as anit-sub patrols\/escorts on the west coast. One of the blimp hangers still exists and is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tillamookair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">air museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the main attraction is the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Here&#8217;s where they make some great cheese and ice cream. There wasn&#8217;t much activity in the factory as it was a Saturday. They have free samples of the cheese, but you have to buy the ice cream. It&#8217;s worth it. Yumm. The line for ice cream was very long at dinner time, so we went back to our hotel and came back for ice cream around 7 and the line was much smaller.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dtillamook.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dtillamook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/tillamook1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/tillamook1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/tillamook2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/tillamook2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Dinner was at a small trailer across the street from the cheese factory. They sell fish, so you wouldn&#8217;t think to go there to eat, but if you like cheese and crab, you should go. They have a Tillamook cheese sandwich with shrimp, Dungeness crab, or both. They were very nice to us. They usually only serve lunch, but since they hadn&#8217;t shut the grill down for the day at about 4:30, they grilled us up some cheese sandwiches.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/chsand.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/chsand.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre>Day 3 - Sep 2, 2007\r\nLast updated: 9\/9\/07 3:30pm PT<\/pre>\n<p>Our morning started with a drive around the cape to see more water, sand and rocks. I had taken over 200 pictures, and looking at them later, it was a challenge to determine exactly where some were taken. We drove through Cape Meares, Oceanside and Netarts. Off the coast of Oceanside is 3 Arches Rock, which you can see better from the Cape Meares Lighthouse. Also near the lighthouse is the octopus tree. This tree was formed by the strong coastal winds. Each of the tree limbs are 12 feet around and extend from the main trunk by 30 feet. The base of the tree has a circumference of 50 feet.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/3arch1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/3arch1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/3arch2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/3arch2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/octopus.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/octopus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We tried to go to Munson Creek Falls, but they were closed. Did it stop raining or something?<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/falls.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/falls.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Walked a short distance down one of the trails at Cape Lookout, but we didn&#8217;t go far enough to get any views. Lunch was at a place called Olmedo&#8217;s (formerly known as Whiskey Creek Cafe (formerly know as Wee Willie&#8217;s)). We went there for the desert. I had seen somewhere online that they had a peanut butter chocolate pie. It wasn&#8217;t ice cream, and it wasn&#8217;t pudding, and the chocolate part was just the crust and the drizzled topping, but it was great. I got the last piece, so Denise only got a single bite.<\/p>\n<p>On the way to Cape Kiwanda and the second Haystack Rock, we passed a dune, in the middle of a forest.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/3capedune.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/3capedune.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Cape Kiwanda is home to the second and larger Haystack Rock. This beach was very busy. All those little specs on the sand dune are people climbing to the top, so they can slide down. Imagine cleaning the sand out of various parts of your body after that!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ckhaystack.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ckhaystack.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/kiwanda.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/kiwanda.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Now the highlight of the trip. Glass blowing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincolncityglasscenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lincoln City Glass Center<\/a>. This was fun. It only takes about 20 minutes to do your project, costs $65, but is worth it, because you get to keep the glass art that you make. One of the glass artists guides you through the steps to make a glass float or paperweight. They actually do most of the work. You spin the pipe in the furnace so the glass blob doesn&#8217;t fall off. You get a feel of how incredibly hot it is in front of those furnaces. You incorporate the color into your glass blob by rolling the hot glass blob into colored glass fragments on a metal table. After heating up the glass again to melt the colored glass fragments, you then use giant tweezers to mix the colors in and give the glass a swirl pattern. You heat it up one more time and then you do the actual blowing. They said to blow lightly, like blowing soap bubbles, but it really takes a bit more air than &#8220;lightly&#8221; to increase the size of your glass ball. Not many action photos taken as we were both working on our glass at the same time.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dglass4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/glass1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/glass1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/eglass.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/eglass.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The final result, which they mail to you.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/glass2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/glass2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/glass3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/glass3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This picture may be from Cape Perpetua. Like I said earlier, all this water, sand and rock starts to look the same after a while. There was a hole in one of the rocks, so when a wave comes in, it blows the water straight up.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/perpetua.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/perpetua.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Sea Lion Caves was a bust. There is this natural cave in the rocks that you take an elevator down to enter. The ticket seller told everyone that the sea lions were not in the cave, but we decide to pay anyway. We thought the cave might be interesting. It wasn&#8217;t. Skip this attraction. We did see one, off the side of the road.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-15' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sealioncaves.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sealioncaves.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sealion.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sealion.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Darlingtonia has a preserve of Cobra Lilies. These carnivorous plants are native to the area.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-16' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/darlingtonia.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/darlingtonia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Busy day, huh? Dinner was in Florence, OR at Mo&#8217;s. It had the longest line to get in, so it must be good, right? The wait was only 15 minutes, so we stayed. The food was ok. Denise had a shrimp salad that was huge, while the portions of my fish &amp; chips were too small. <!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 4 - Sep 3, 2007\r\nLast updated: 9\/9\/07 4:30pm PT<\/pre>\n<p>First stop today is at the Oregon Dunes. We drove south of Winchester Bay on a small coastal road and saw some very tall dunes. It was early and foggy. There were a lot of people here who were driving their ATVs and bikes around the dunes. In the third picture, there are tiny specks at the top of the dune, in between the trees. Those are people on their bikes waiting to ride down.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-17' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dunes1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dunes1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dunes2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dunes2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dunes3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dunes3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Blanco_(Oregon)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Blanco<\/a> is one of the two places that claim to be the western most point in the lower 48 states. Since we hit the other one earlier this year (Cape Alava in WA) we had to stop here. It was extremely windy. And foggy.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-18' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dblanco1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dblanco1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/eblanco.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/eblanco.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dblanco2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dblanco2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little movie that shows the wind blowing the fog up the side of the hill.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1337-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco.mp4\">http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I work with a bunch of Norwegians, so I thought I&#8217;d snap a picture of this restaurant in Port Orford, OR<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-19' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/porford1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/porford1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A little way past Port Orford there was a place to stop on the side of the road and look back at Cape Blanco. Just the cape is surrounded by fog, everything else is clear!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-20' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1466\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/blanco4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/deblanco.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/deblanco.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There was a whale out there, we saw the spray. You can see a little white spot in the water (lower center of picture)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-21' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/whale1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/whale1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Stopped a few more places before exiting Oregon. One was the Natural Bridges Cove in the Samuel H. Boardman corridor. It&#8217;s hard to hold the camera out and take a self portrait while getting the background in the right place.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-22' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dearchbr4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/archbr1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/archbr1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/archbr2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/archbr2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Spent the night in Crescent City, CA. My advice, don&#8217;t. We had a bad hotel and bad dinner. The Best Western in Crescent City is a dump. My feet got dirty walking around on the carpet. And I didn&#8217;t walk around that much. Dinner was at the only non-fast food place that seemed to be open, The Fisherman&#8217;s Restaurant. Denise had scallops in dirty laundry water. I&#8217;m not sure what that liquid was suppose to be, but it didn&#8217;t look appetizing. Denise got sick from it. <!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 5 - Sep 4, 2007\r\nLast updated: 9\/9\/07 5:30pm PT<\/pre>\n<p>Today we are driving around the redwoods of northern California. First stop was at the &#8220;Big Tree&#8221; in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. It&#8217;s big, but not as big as we would see later in the day. This tree is located just off the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, which is a nice drive off 101. We also saw some elk on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-23' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dbigtree.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/dbigtree.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/elk1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/elk1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/elk2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/elk2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We drove south on 101 to the Redwood National Park around Orick, CA. We drove into the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. There is a one mile hike in this area dedicated in 1968. This was not that impressive. Sure the trees are bigger here than in my back yard, but I was expecting bigger.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-24' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbj5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbjwildlife.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/lbjwildlife.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Driving back north, through Crescent City, we start heading east on Highway 199 (which is a nice drive through the Siskiyou Mountains to get to I-5). We stopped at the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and pulled into the campground and asked the park ranger if there were any good hikes around. He sent us to the other end of the campground to park. We crossed a river and hiked into Stout Grove. This is what I was looking for. The trees are huge here. There&#8217;s no way I can capture them on vilm (virtual film \u2122). Now that tree Denise is in front of is a Big Tree.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-25' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/stout6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A few years back, we were in Big Basin on our trip in Monterey. I remember really enjoying that walk as much as I enjoyed walking through Stout Grove. You really have to think about your insignificance when you stand next to a tree that is 1000-1500 years old. This is a must see destination.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s stop is in Springfield\/Eugene, OR. We stayed at the Comfort Suites in Springfield. Their ads claim to have the best beds and bedding in their class of hotel. I think it&#8217;s true. This was the nicest bed we&#8217;ve had all trip. Dinner was at Sophia&#8217;s across the street from the hotel. I found it on yelp.com; I had randomly typed in &#8220;german&#8221; for food type, and this place was across from our hotel. Had the schnitzel. It needed more spice\/flavor in the breading. But the German potato salad was good.<\/p>\n<p>Desert was an interesting story. The choices at the restaurant didn&#8217;t look that good, so we decided on finding an ice cream place. Back at the hotel, I looked through the phone book and found a local ice cream place called Prince P\u00fccklers (I&#8217;m pretty sure I don&#8217;t want to know how that is pronounced). Having never been to Eugene (oh yeah, Eugene is a college town &#8211; home of the University of Oregon), we didn&#8217;t know where the place was exactly, so we brought the map in the phone book with us. (Sure I could have Googled it, but what fun would that be?) We got close to the place and I saw some plump college girls walking down the street, so I said to Denise that we should ask those girls because they look like they would know where a good ice cream place is. She hit me, I had used the word &#8220;fat&#8221; not plump, I can be very direct sometimes, we didn&#8217;t ask for directions. So we made a few wrong turns, and about 10 minutes later, finally ended up back to near where we saw the girls. We turned the other way this time and found the ice cream place. We get out of the car, walk to the store, and look, there are the fat girls eating their ice cream. I gave Denise one of those &#8211; I told you so &#8211; looks. She couldn&#8217;t help but laugh at that point. The ice cream was very good.<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 6 - Sep 5, 2007\r\nLast updated: 9\/9\/07 6:30pm PT<\/pre>\n<p>On our final day, we are heading up I-5. We leave I-5 after Salem to head to McMinnville and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evergreen Aviation Museum.<\/a> On our way, we managed to take some backroads and ran into a river without a bridge. $2 and a very short ferry ride later, we continue on our way.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-26' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ferry.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ferry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The museum has the Spruce Goose, which was disassembled and shipped to McMinnville, OR. This is one really huge plane. It was built by Howard Hughes and Henry Kaiser near the end of WWII as a means to transport a large number of troops and supplies. Since metal was critical to the war effort, this plane was built out of wood (Which doesn&#8217;t make sense, since this plane would have been an important machine of the war, so it should have been able to use metal). Anyway, the war ended and it wasn&#8217;t finished. Hughes finished building it later with his own money. It flew once in 1947 to prove that it could.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-27' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/spruce.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1587\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/spruce.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sprucesize.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/sprucesize.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Finally, you can&#8217;t pass through Portland without a stop a Powell&#8217;s City of Books. First we had lunch at Jake&#8217;s Famous Crawfish. This is an excellent restaurant. Then to Powell&#8217;s. Denise went off on her own and we found each other a couple of hours later. I thought I did good, I found 3 books. Denise had two brown paper shopping bags full of books. She wins. <!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>Oregon<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-28' class='gallery galleryid-1337 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/coast.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/coast.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 &#8211; Aug 31, 2007 Last updated: 9\/9\/07 2:00pm PT &#8220;California Or Bust&#8221;. That was the theme when I first started planning this trip. The original plan was to have no plan. Hop in the car, get to highway 101 and see how far we could get before we would have to turn around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/trips\/oregon-coast-2007\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oregon Coast 2007&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":499,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}