Thursday, March 22, 2012

redwood coast: part one

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I'm still working on pictures from our trip last summer to California. I've been meaning to get back to them for some time now...soooo here goes. These were all taken on our trek up the 101 through the Redwood Coast. I loved snapping pics at all the kitschy tourist stops along the way... and believe me there were a lot of them. We had planned on camping, but because of the rain and being super tired we decided to stay in motels both nights. The first night we stayed in Arcata. We had the best ever humboldt grass fed burgers and hemp ale at Humboldt Brews and then spent the rest of the evening walking through the park and around downtown. I saw a cat sleeping in a record store window which I thought was so cool that they let a cat live in the store. I wish they had been open.
I have two more parts to this Redwood Coast journey coming soon! Lots of photos from Klamath, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, and Hidden Beach.


20 comments:

  1. you know I LOVE these!!!! :) my faves are the VW van, you with the grandfather tree and the kitty in the record store! the hemp ale sounds really interesting! gosh, I can't wait to one day visit there....

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    1. Yes...you must visit that area! You will LOVE it!

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  2. oh wait..the Gnome photo needs some love too. :D

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  3. oh i love these all so much. i hope you put them on flickr so i can fave the heck out of em! the kitty in the window, the kodak logo, the purple and yellow hazy flowers one, the gnome! all favorites!

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    1. Thank you, Cara! I loved that old Kodak logo too. That place had gone out of business and I actually thought about taking that old kodak sign, but I didn't. Just took a picture :)

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  4. Ooh, I love these!!
    Those carvings are so epic, love it.

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    1. Thanks! Those carvings were amazing. I saw them doing some with chainsaws! Crazy good!

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  5. Great photos, as always :) My Dad used to own a bookstore and they had a resident cat. I have a beautiful B&W photo that he took of the cat hiding among all the books.

    C

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    1. Thanks! That sounds like a cool pic! Cats like to be around books, music, art...they are true romantics.

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  6. Your photos are amazing! Love!

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  7. SO beautiful!!! tim and I will be in cali on april 17th, for a week ~ I am getting excited. Still haven't decided what we will do, but I think it's going to be great no matter where we go.

    Love the pic of you with Grandfather Tree.

    xo brooke

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    1. That sounds exciting! I like not knowing. Just hit the road and see what happens :) California has magic around every corner!

      Thank you! That tree was amazing! xo

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    1. Thanks, Sarah! It was so amazing! Almost too much to take in!

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  9. Ahhh! This area is so amazing! What great photos!

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  10. oh these photos bring back fond memories of our family road trips down the oregon coast to the redwoods. be still my heart.

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  11. love, love love these!
    what a great road trip!

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