Redwoods and the California Coastline

I left Crescent City in the morning and headed south through the Redwood National Forest. While US-101 is a much more curving and beautiful drive than I-5, there are side roads off of US-101 that are even more scenic, so I took them. This picture was actually on US-101, though, mere moments out of Crescent City with the early morning sun streaming through the trees. While I'm pleased with the picture, the reality was way better.


Redwood Highway

One of the side roads runs high along the coastline and occasionally breaks out of the trees to afford some really fantastic vistas of the Pacific. I took a lot of pictures, hoping for some good ones. As I was taking them, I couldn't really tell how they might turn out because the sun was very bright, a welcome change from the rain that's been deluging the Seattle area for almost a month.


California Coastline

Occasionally, you'll see crosses along the highway, but this one was huge and made of steel. I couldn't tell why it was really there.


Big Cross

Last night, I pulled into San Francisco in the dark, and got to my hotel, the Hyatt on Fisherman's Wharf as the tripometer clicked onto 900 miles since I started out. That there is a lot of driving!