Over the river and through the woods...

Click photo for slide show. (I just love that '66 Chevy PU.)

Today was another travel day, and travel we did.  This was our longest trek of this trip, but it was a relatively easy day, and the outcome was pretty wonderful.  As you will see in the slide show, we traversed some amazing territory.  

Leaving Prospect, and the Cascade forest, we dropped down into the Rogue River valley at Gold Hill.  Jill got some great pictures along the way.  From Gold Hill, we made our way to Grants Pass on the only 15 miles of interstate highway we have traveled on this trip.  At Grants Pass (or as I like to call it, Grass Pants), we exited the freeway onto U.S. 199, also known as the Redwood Highway.  The scenery was breathtaking, and some of the driving left me a little breathless, too!  

The highway is mainly two-lane, and it winds through the coast range and eventually through the California redwoods.  I had driven this stretch before in a car, going in the opposite direction, and I remember thinking, "This would be pretty exciting in Sadie."  Well, I wasn't wrong.  

Jill got some photos of the redwoods from our moving platform.  Considering the circumstances, I would say they are quite remarkable. 

We arrived at the Beachfront RV park just after 2:00PM and checked into space #82.  The park itself is kind of like a parking lot, but the view makes up for the lack of ambiance in the RV spaces.  As we look out our front window (actually 180 degrees) we can see the ocean.  The beach access is just across a driveway from our space.  It is pretty wonderful to be here.  

So, those of you who have never explored this part of the world, we can heartily recommend to you not only Brookings, but the Redwood Highway and the Beachfront RV Park as well. 

Happy trails, and stay tuned to most of these same stations.