Breakfast in the RV

Redwoods Camping

Our home away from home for the next few nights.  Sweet spot.

The kids even found a little watering hole through the woods.  Amazingly clear water for a puddle.  Apparently it was quite cold though.  It was a very quick dip!

Del Norte Coast Redwoods

Today's adventures!  Not to be confused with the "Dalmatian" Creek Trail.  ;-)

The fog made these huge trees even more spectacular.  The photos don't do them justice.  

Tiny little Aiden on a big redwood burl.

What?!?!  Will we make it to the coast??  That would be disappointing.  :-(

Cool shot from inside of a burned out tree.

We made it! Breathtaking!

We weren't the only ones that ignored the sign, and it was SOOOOO worth it!!

Traversing a fallen Redwood.

Harris Beach State Park, Oregon

More spectacular scenery today on the Southern Coast of Oregon.

Look at the size of this drift wood!  

The stump of this tree made for an amazing club house.

In his glory scaling the biggest rocks he can find!

Peek-a-boo!

Our caravan.  Our rental is in the middle.

Natural Bridges

Quick stop to stretch our legs and view the natural bridges in Brookings, Oregon.

Goodbye Gold Beach

Gold Beach, Oregon

Last night we arrived after dark in Gold Beach, Oregon.  We have an all day excursion planned today, and tomorrow we will continue onto the Red Woods.

Rather than drive the RVs down the road to the river, we all piled into Pop's truck this morning.  The kids were excited to ride in the bed of the pick-up.  Eeek!

This Jet Boat tour was high on Colin's bucket list for our trip.  We spent the day on the Rogue River, where the weather went from overcast raw and cold, to sunny and hot, and then back again.  Layers was the name of the game today.  

We saw lots of wild life on our tour, include several bald eagles.

We also saw some pretty awesome trees.  This one was growing out of a huge rock, sending its root system all the way down the rock towards the river.

As explained by our tour guide, the Native Americans sometimes "trained" trees to grow a certain way, in order to create a landmark for providing directions.  This one was pretty clever!

Hello River Otter! So cute!!!

Not long before our journey ended, our amazing tour guide spotted a black bear up in the woods.  Can you see him in the middle of the photograph, behind the shrubbery?  We stopped to watch him (her?) for a while.  Very cool!