Whales/6,000 year old Trees

In writing this update, we have stopped on the side of the Oregon 101 to put our feet in the sand and investigate the mountainous rocks that break up the water. We have been skirting coastal towns, and cutting through the oregon forests for about an hour now. Leaving the state of California for its northerly neighbors. Yesterday we arrived into the Jedediah campgrounds around four in the afternoon, set up camp, went to the local Safeway (9 miles away) for dinner provisions and took an easy night amidst the majestic Redwoods. Disappointed from the lack of Bigfoot sightings, freshly laundered and showered, we headed out to run around in the primeval forests. We pulled over and climbed through ferns and traversed fallen trees to get to a river, in which the boys tested out the temperatures, Cole forgot his knapsack, and we met a ranger twice in order to turn the bus around and get back on the 101.
And that gets us back to present time, Oregon. Coastal Oregon, land of neverending trees, impressive bridges, mountains, misty beaches etc. Too much for this updater to describe, and be able to give it the praise it requires. Poetic and Romantic are two words that come to mind - you should see it for yourself. Trucking onward to Portland, hugged by ice blue waves on the left and tree consumed wilderness to the right, crossing toes and fingers that we spot a whale.