TruckyGoesWest: Avenue of the Giants and Southern Oregon

We spent Tuesday night in a small town outside of The Avenue of the Giants, the "giants" being the redwood trees. Wednesday morning we got up, ate some delicious hotel breakfast, and drove about 30 miles on winding roads through these amazing trees. I've never seen anything like them. Not only are the really big around, but they are soooooo tall.

We continued up the Northern California coast and stopped to have lunch in a cute little surf town called Trinidad. We took Chase down to the beach to run some energy out of him before heading north. Driving along the coast was really incredible. The roads weren't all that friendly to my stomach but the views were worth it. Following the advice of the cashier at the liquor store (we had to stock up as hard alcohol is much cheaper in Cali), we stopped at a little beach near Brookings to watch the sunset. We crossed into Oregon shortly there after and retired for the night in Gold Beach. We rented a small, "rustic cabin" thinking that would be more fun than getting a cheap hotel room. It was indeed rustic but had everything we needed. Heat was the only issue as it took about 4 hours for the cabin to be warm enough to want to spend time in. Molly was craving Mexican food so we walked down the main strip to find some dinner. Both the Mexican places were closed so we decided on pizza instead.