- IMG_1277
a fallen tree that stretches out of sight - IMG_1278
Eel River - IMG_1281
Back at the campsite, Leslie cuts vegetables for the grill. - IMG_1286
Bryan pokes at the fire (grrrr! ugg!). - IMG_1287
vegetables, bread, and red wine - IMG_1288
That's right: lamb chops and grilled vegetables. We suck at roughing it. - IMG_1290
Bryan soaks up the fire. - IMG_1291
Day Two: more coastal driving. California grows some crazy wildflowers. - IMG_1293
the wildflowers I keep thinking of as "purple bluebonnets" -- Texan that I am. - IMG_1295
Irises: yet another flower I had never witnessed in the wild until moving here. - IMG_1297
green, misty Cali coast - IMG_1298
into Redwoods National Park - IMG_1300
Bryan stocks up on trivia (where do redwoods grow best?) - IMG_1301
Clouds creep in from the ocean. - IMG_1304
up at trees - IMG_1305
more up at trees - IMG_1306
little bundles of new redwood growth - IMG_1307
again - IMG_1308
again - IMG_1309
Bald Hills Road - IMG_1312
more - IMG_1314
I liked the red flowers or grass or whatever that is. - IMG_1318
car-view - IMG_1320
Bryan enjoys skidding on the gravel road. - IMG_1321
(the gravel road) - IMG_1322
the rear windshield after the gravel road - IMG_1327
some river we followed for hours - IMG_1328
big puffy clouds! (rare in the bay) - IMG_1329
approaching Mt. Shasta - IMG_1330
Mt. Shasta, the mountain