I'm back! We had a couple of very long driving days and had no time to update my blog. The last time I was online, I thought we had a pretty good internet connection, but it wasn't. I was not able to upload all of the pictures that I wanted to until now. This connection sucks too. I hope to upload my pics soon!
Update: The helicopter rescue we saw at Ecola State Park was the Coast Gaurd rescuing a 68-year-old woman from one of the trails. Someone must have thought it was serious at the time, but she was only diagnosed with fatigue at the hospital.
On Sunday, Sept 7th, we drove from Bandon, OR to Fort Bragg, CA. Before we left, we had breakfast in the hotel restaurant and the service and food was still just as bad as the dinner we had the night before. If you are planning a trip to Fort Bragg, do not eat at the Bandon Bill's Grill at the Best Western Inn at Face Rock. Awful!
The view from our room was pretty bad too. It said "ocean view" but the ocean must have been a 1/2 mile away with houses and electic wires in between. We drove down the road and took some pics of Face Rock. It looks like a womans face looking toward the sky.
Update: The helicopter rescue we saw at Ecola State Park was the Coast Gaurd rescuing a 68-year-old woman from one of the trails. Someone must have thought it was serious at the time, but she was only diagnosed with fatigue at the hospital.
On Sunday, Sept 7th, we drove from Bandon, OR to Fort Bragg, CA. Before we left, we had breakfast in the hotel restaurant and the service and food was still just as bad as the dinner we had the night before. If you are planning a trip to Fort Bragg, do not eat at the Bandon Bill's Grill at the Best Western Inn at Face Rock. Awful!
The view from our room was pretty bad too. It said "ocean view" but the ocean must have been a 1/2 mile away with houses and electic wires in between. We drove down the road and took some pics of Face Rock. It looks like a womans face looking toward the sky.
As we were leaving Bandon, we found some cranberry bogs. I took a few pics of them, but you can't tell what the fields are from the road. They just look like fields full of weeds with a ditch dug around them. Weird. I'll have to look up more information about growing and harvesting cranberries. The internet sure makes finding this info convenient. :)
The drive to Fort Bragg took a lot longer than I thought it would. It's only 327 miles, but the section on Highway 1 is unbelievable! We ended up driving this section in the dark and I do not recommend it. :) The road winds all around up and down some hills. Luckily we had very little traffic, but we could only drive 15 to 20 mph around most of the turns, there were several small deer on the side of the road and it became a little bit foggy in some places. We were both pretty worn out by the time we reached our hotel at 10pm. We were afraid that the hotel would be closed by the time we got there. It was just a small hotel and their office closes at 10pm. We were able to call them earlier to let them know we were running late, but we had no cell phone service once we got onto Highway 1.
Earlier in the day though, we had a really nice drive. We drove through tons of redwoods and stopped and had a picnic lunch at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park next to the the Smith river. This park is near Crescent City, CA. The redwood trees there were amazing and the weather was a sunny and pleasantly warm 75!
Further down the road, we drove down the Avenue of the Giants. This is a beautiful drive between Fortuna and Garberville, CA next to Highway 101. The redwood trees were stunning! There were tons of them and at times made day turn to night as it was so dark in the forest. We started to say "Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My!" :) It made us laugh anyway. :)
We didn't get back to the 101 until about 7pm so we grabbed a quick fast food dinner at McDonald's and headed down to Fort Bragg.
We stayed at the Sand and Surf Hotel right on the ocean. The room was really nice with lots of room and a fantastic view of the ocean. Too bad the fog wouldn't go away. Ever since we left Manzanita, we have had nothing but fog along the coast. The weather inland was sunny and 75 but the weather near the coast was foggy, sometimes windy and between 55 and 65 degrees.
The drive to Fort Bragg took a lot longer than I thought it would. It's only 327 miles, but the section on Highway 1 is unbelievable! We ended up driving this section in the dark and I do not recommend it. :) The road winds all around up and down some hills. Luckily we had very little traffic, but we could only drive 15 to 20 mph around most of the turns, there were several small deer on the side of the road and it became a little bit foggy in some places. We were both pretty worn out by the time we reached our hotel at 10pm. We were afraid that the hotel would be closed by the time we got there. It was just a small hotel and their office closes at 10pm. We were able to call them earlier to let them know we were running late, but we had no cell phone service once we got onto Highway 1.
Earlier in the day though, we had a really nice drive. We drove through tons of redwoods and stopped and had a picnic lunch at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park next to the the Smith river. This park is near Crescent City, CA. The redwood trees there were amazing and the weather was a sunny and pleasantly warm 75!
Further down the road, we drove down the Avenue of the Giants. This is a beautiful drive between Fortuna and Garberville, CA next to Highway 101. The redwood trees were stunning! There were tons of them and at times made day turn to night as it was so dark in the forest. We started to say "Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My!" :) It made us laugh anyway. :)
We didn't get back to the 101 until about 7pm so we grabbed a quick fast food dinner at McDonald's and headed down to Fort Bragg.
We stayed at the Sand and Surf Hotel right on the ocean. The room was really nice with lots of room and a fantastic view of the ocean. Too bad the fog wouldn't go away. Ever since we left Manzanita, we have had nothing but fog along the coast. The weather inland was sunny and 75 but the weather near the coast was foggy, sometimes windy and between 55 and 65 degrees.
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