Redwood Coast Campground, Eureka, Ca
Nice run on the road/trails at the Sutton Park to the beach overlook. The people were right yesterday, there was no beach access there but beautiful nonetheless looking at the dunes.
Breakfast, pack up and on our way south on the 101. The drove was beautiful, especially around Coos Bay. The bridges in Oregon are quite something; I love the towers at each end of the bridge. There must be some history around these that I need to look up. The kids are so used to the drives that they don't really complain much of we go long stretches, although we try to not go longer that 2 hours before we take a break.
We stopped just north of Gold Beach at Otter Point State Park. It was really windy but we spent a couple of hours there just laying in the hot sand and reading (me) and running around, the kids flying the kite with Andrew (that was really fun) and getting in the water. There was the mouth of a river that came to the beach and didn't quite make it into the ocean and it made a nice pool of clear, fresh water right on the beach. Peter and Jack were horsing around in the sand and at some point Jack decided that Peter had been mean to him and he needed to take revenge. So he took Peter's shirt and threw it in the water. We watched it float for a while and then sink to the bottom. The boys argued over who was going to go get the shirt and finally Peter did and Jack got a smack from me.
We went back to the truck and make delicious tacos and burritos on the tail of the truck while the wind was whipping us sideways and making all our food, played and bags fly around. The kids just climbed in the truck and ate inside to get away from the wind.
We drove on (long drive day) and we found an rv park just off the 101 south of Arcata. The site small and no separation between neighbors but the amenities were nice: playground just across the campsite, hot showers, laundry.
We had pasta for dinner and tofu and then settled in for the night. I read Jack Harry Potter again and the kids and I had a lot of fun with the Hagrid
parts. For some reason, I think Peter though my rendition of Hagrid sounded Canadian, I started saying eh after each sentence of Hagrid's. Then we all had to say eh! For instance: "Harry, yor a wizard" eh? (Me) Eh? (Peter) Eh? (Jack) Eh? (Nadia)
Breakfast, pack up and on our way south on the 101. The drove was beautiful, especially around Coos Bay. The bridges in Oregon are quite something; I love the towers at each end of the bridge. There must be some history around these that I need to look up. The kids are so used to the drives that they don't really complain much of we go long stretches, although we try to not go longer that 2 hours before we take a break.
We stopped just north of Gold Beach at Otter Point State Park. It was really windy but we spent a couple of hours there just laying in the hot sand and reading (me) and running around, the kids flying the kite with Andrew (that was really fun) and getting in the water. There was the mouth of a river that came to the beach and didn't quite make it into the ocean and it made a nice pool of clear, fresh water right on the beach. Peter and Jack were horsing around in the sand and at some point Jack decided that Peter had been mean to him and he needed to take revenge. So he took Peter's shirt and threw it in the water. We watched it float for a while and then sink to the bottom. The boys argued over who was going to go get the shirt and finally Peter did and Jack got a smack from me.
We went back to the truck and make delicious tacos and burritos on the tail of the truck while the wind was whipping us sideways and making all our food, played and bags fly around. The kids just climbed in the truck and ate inside to get away from the wind.
We drove on (long drive day) and we found an rv park just off the 101 south of Arcata. The site small and no separation between neighbors but the amenities were nice: playground just across the campsite, hot showers, laundry.
We had pasta for dinner and tofu and then settled in for the night. I read Jack Harry Potter again and the kids and I had a lot of fun with the Hagrid
parts. For some reason, I think Peter though my rendition of Hagrid sounded Canadian, I started saying eh after each sentence of Hagrid's. Then we all had to say eh! For instance: "Harry, yor a wizard" eh? (Me) Eh? (Peter) Eh? (Jack) Eh? (Nadia)
