The road from Florence to the Redwoods included some of the most beautiful scenery of the entire trip. It was so varied – we stopped for Elk sightings and ocean rock formations all in the same route!
Here are a few highlights:
Ed is Elk-Spotting at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area in Reedsport, OR.
We made the most of the coast and stopped to see Face Rock and had lunch at a chowder shack in Bandon, OR.
It’s a side profile of a woman looking up towards the sky. Can you see her?
Fresh chowder right at the seaside!
We also made a stop at Arch Rock Brewing Company in Gold Beach, OR. One of the guys that works for Ed asked us to stop by and show some support — the brewery belongs to his sister & brother-in-law. Of course, we were more than happy to oblige and Ed was able to pick up a growler!
We wrapped up the day in Klamath, CA – right inside the Redwoods National Park. We took my parents’ suggestion and booked a cabin there for two nights. It was perfect and you couldn’t beat the location – it was less than a mile from the kitschy roadside attraction we were dying to see, Paul Bunyon + Babe the Blue Ox!
We were hungry for more Americana, so after saying hi to Paul Bunyon, we made a beeline to the Tour-Thru Tree to get our pic before it closed for the evening!
Our cabin had no wi-fi and our phones had absolutely no cell reception, so we were truly off the grid! We actually had to pick up pamphlets and read them … haha. We had a low key evening in the cabin – Ruby slept and we caught a Golden Girls marathon on TV!