(picture taken through Josh's monocle)
Heading back to the coast from Hell's Gate, our trusty Subaru began to buck and stutter like a frolicking goat. So we dropped it off in Eureka (land of many auto mechanics) to have it almost entirely overhauled, and rented a super cool white Town & Country minivan. We had the guy at the Enterprise rental take all of the seats out of the back, and we were off riding in style.
We decided to do both town and country beginning with free camping in Prairie Creek State Park. In this "primitive" site we were in heaven - floating in the misty cloud forest near the bluffs over the wild, wild ocean. From our vantage from the bluff we saw distant whales blowing as they migrated south. That's what we were trying to capture in the monocle. :)
We had also heard that there was climbering below, and sure enough...
...there she was. All ready to take on any intrepid or foolhardy soul.
like Josh for example.
except that he wasn't really sure of the salted bolts. They looked like they had been subjected to the cold ocean water splash of the waves for a good many years.
These here are salt crystals. Proving that we are indeed next to a large body of salty water. Over time, the evaporating water left a large residue of salt on the bottom of this small rock indentation. There is also a mysterious visage of a visor-wearing man.
(I really don't know what that orange thingy is.)
...and then Gold Beach had something really superb to offer.
These monolithic stones rising out of the low clouds. They were inviting - nice firm rock to hold, and if not - soft sand to land on.
Like a big toothy rock mouth.. look out Malia!!!!!
watching Josh climb sends me all into a tizzy...
wheeeeeee!
next: the SMITH river ;)
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