Monday, November 20, 2017
I drove up to Salem, Oregon for Thanksgiving. I go up there every year for a large family gathering. I like to take my time on the drive up. It's a nine and a half hour straight shot up Interstate Five. I take that on theway back, but on the way up I use alternate routes, usually spending two to five days wandering my way up North. It was a short, two day drive up Highway 101 in California and Highway One in Oregon. I'd have taken an extra day but the weather was quite wet and I had my dog Pongo with me, so we kept it short this year.
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| Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, CA |
I only stopped a few times for pictures on Monday due to the rain. Our destination for the night was Jedediah Smith State Park near Crescent City, which is part of Redwood National Park.
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| Roosevelt Elk -- Redwood National Park, CA |
We encountered the Prairie Creek herd of elk just off of the highway. They always seem to be nearby. I think I've made one drive through the area without seeing these big beasts. No big antlers this year, though, we only saw females and juvenile males.
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| Roosevelt Elk -- Redwood National Park, CA |
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| Roosevelt Elk -- Redwood National Park, CA |
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| Roosevelt Elk -- Redwood National Park, CA |
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| Roosevelt Elk -- Redwood National Park, CA |
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| Klamath River, Redwood National Park, CA |
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| Klamath River, Redwood National Park, CA |
Soundtrack:
- Frank Sinatra -- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- Stars of the Grand Ole Opry
- Spoon -- Gimme Fiction
- kd lang -- Shadowland
- The White Stripes -- Elephant
- Echo & the Bunnymen -- Echo & the Bunnymen
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