Saturday, August 22, 2009

Trip to Oregon/California Coast

For our 5 year anniversary, Lionel and I decided to take a road trip through the Oregon/California coast line down to San Francisco and back through Reno. The trip was going to be around 1800 miles and we had a week to do it. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing. So our our first stop was in Lincoln City, OR. It is so beautiful there.
We stayed at Chinook Winds Resort and it was right on the edge of the water.

The beach was amazing...we love the ocean!

We had breakfast at a local place called Pig & Pancake and when we were leaving we had an unexpected visitor waiting outside...

On the road again...

Our next stop was in Crescent City, CA. This is Battery Point Lighthouse early in the morning. It was so foggy but still a very nice place.

The Redwoods are absolutely amazing...these pictures don't do it justice. They are huge!!! This is me looking up in awe and my little car looks like a toy car in comparison.



Our next stop was at the Trees of Mystery where we got to see Paul Bunyan and Babe. Lionel wanted to get really close and personal with Babe's hind quarters :)


We also rode on the sky trail which is like a ski lift but it takes you way above the redwoods. It was incredibly scary especially since I am afraid of heights but the view on top was amazing. Definately worth it! It was my favorite part of our entire trip.


Finally, we arrived in San Francisco. We actually stayed in Tiburon which is across the bay. We rode a ferry into San Francisco and that was a lot of fun.



Alcatraz...



Overall, it was a good trip and it went by really fast...can't wait for our next vacation.