Jan 5

Jan 4

Lucked out again. Drove from Lincoln city in Oregon along the coast to just north of Crescent city in California.  

The road was damp with much snow on the side. The hotel desk clerk was surprised that we had come from the north on highway 101. Only an hour or so back the road had been closed indefinitely because of a major car pile-up! Conditions had cooled just enough to turn the road into a skating rink. We actually were delayed for one hour because of a two car accident just a short distance from where we decided to spend the night. 

Jan 5

On to Crescent City. This is truly an ideal like and beautiful seaside village. It is located in Southern Oregon right on the coast.

A beautiful beach side park, and lighthouse make a stroll in this area truly a treat.

Only a few miles from town is a famous grove of California redwoods. The location is called Stout grove. You drive on a one lane road that meanders around enormous redwoods, some of which are 15 to 20 feet across at the base. Many of them are over 100 feet in height. The temperature here was slightly cool but still nice for a stroll among the trees. Their size dwarfs anything I've ever seen in my life--even at Cathedral Grove in Vancouver Island.

Even though the weather temperature in the day was reasonably nice, the night times saw up to 3 inches of snow drop in several locations as the temperature dropped well below freezing. 

Because of the depth of snow we could not drive into the sand dune parks. At one of these parks I decided to take a stroll down to the Sandune's. From the car you could not see them because of the trees. I did not realize that the walk was at least 2 miles in 3 to 4 inches of snow. Eventually I was blocked off by a small lake that prevented me from proceeding, and I never did see the dunes or the ocean.

You have to wonder about the milk down here when it has a shelf life of 2 months