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Day Two: more coastal driving. California grows some crazy wildflowers.![IMG_1293](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/travel/20060517/20060518/IMG_1293-la.JPG "IMG_1293 (1147 visits) the wildflowers I keep thinking of as "purple bluebonnets" -- Texan that I am.")
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the wildflowers I keep thinking of as "purple bluebonnets" -- Texan that I am.
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Irises: yet another flower I had never witnessed in the wild until moving here.
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green, misty Cali coast
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into Redwoods National Park
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Bryan stocks up on trivia (where do redwoods grow best?)
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Clouds creep in from the ocean.
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up at trees
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more up at trees
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little bundles of new redwood growth
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again
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again
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Bald Hills Road
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more
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I liked the red flowers or grass or whatever that is.
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car-view
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Bryan enjoys skidding on the gravel road.
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(the gravel road)
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the rear windshield after the gravel road
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some river we followed for hours
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big puffy clouds! (rare in the bay)
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approaching Mt. Shasta
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Mt. Shasta, the mountain
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Mt. Shasta, the mountain, and Mt. Shasta, the town
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Bryan stretches after a day in the car.
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L&B stumble upon the Billy Goat Tavern, one of the Best Restaurants Ever. Here: Leslie enjoys her Lost Coast Great White Beer, pulled pork sandwich and albacore tuna melt, and garlic fries. Not pictured: potato-leek soup and shrimp and scallop ceviche. Damn, what food!
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Weed Golden Ale--brewed in Weed, CA.
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Bryan, moved to place the cork in his ear.
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If you ever find yourself in Mt. Shasta, CA, eat here.