The Oregon coast is beautiful. The towns are sparse, and full of weathered clapboard houses that have seen better days. The town buildings are strung out along spits of land where rivers meet the ocean. I imagine the people who live there are/were either fishermen, or loggers. There are miles and miles of dense forest, as well as huge swaths of clear cut mountainsides. I was reminded today of Ken Kesey's book Sometimes a Great Notion. We also passed fields of red cranberry bogs, and alot of rolling green sheep country. All so lovely.
We are traveling slowly. It's hard to just drive by all of these amazing things without stopping. Tomorrow the Redwood Forest.
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful time. Tui has wanted to do this for a while though her desire has been somewhat curved by her constant barfing when I drive.
When do you think you will make it to San Diego?
Love Chris.
I think we'll get to San Diego on Friday unless Tim doesn't think we should stay at his house Thursday night. Ben has had sniffles for a week, and Liam a hoarse voice for a month. I doubt they're contagious, but new parents and small babies.... They might not want us to stay.
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