{"id":1081,"date":"2017-04-15T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T18:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2017-04-15T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T18:38:27","slug":"travels-with-caroline-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"Travels With Caroline – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaving Portland behind, we headed to the Columbia River Gorge. \u00c2\u00a0About an hours drive on I-85. \u00c2\u00a0We went first to the Bridal Veil Falls. It was overcast and misting rain, great day for a walk on the trails. Below is a view of the Columbia River from the trail at Bridal Veil Falls.<\/p>\n

\"Columbia<\/p>\n

The Bridal Veil Falls:<\/p>\n

\"Bridal<\/p>\n

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There has been an unusual amount of rainfall in the Pacific Northwest this winter, and the falls were flowing mightily. \u00c2\u00a0Below is Bridal Veil Falls as J. M. W. Turner might have imagined approaching it along the trail:<\/p>\n

\"Bridal<\/p>\n

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Multinomah Falls is more spectacular, as one would immediately note from the crowds there and not at Bridal Veil. \u00c2\u00a0It was misting and there was a fog as you can see at the top of the Falls.<\/p>\n

\"Multinomah<\/p>\n

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We ate lunch at the Multinomah Falls Lodge (which was a good choice) and then headed back past Portland to the Oregon Coast. \u00c2\u00a0Our first turnout on Hwy. 101:<\/p>\n

\"Coast1<\/p>\n

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As one can see from the brilliant photography, the Oregon coastline is dramatic and beautiful.<\/p>\n

\"Oregon<\/p>\n

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We spent the night in Newport, Oregon, a charming little town with an attractive harbor. \u00c2\u00a0It was an overcast evening with showers spitting at times.<\/p>\n

\"Newport<\/p>\n

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The weather got worse as we drove south along the Oregon coast. \u00c2\u00a0You can easily see the conditions from the following shots:<\/p>\n

\"Oregon<\/p>\n

\"Oregon<\/p>\n

\"Oregon<\/p>\n

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Quite a storm had blown through Newport during the night and early morning, and little did we know at the time the effect it would have on our plans for that day. \u00c2\u00a0Sitting at lunch in Coos Bay (at Sharkbites Restaurant, not recommended) I received a call from the Holiday Inn Express in Klamath where we were to spend that night. The coastal storm had knocked out power in the area, and the young lady suggested we stay at the next Holiday Inn in Eureka. \u00c2\u00a0That would make what was already going to be a long coastal drive an hour and half longer. So, we trucked on. \u00c2\u00a0Caroline did most of the driving through the bad weather, rain and high winds that morning.. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crossing the California line, we were soon in the redwood forests. The only word to describe the redwoods is magnificent. \u00c2\u00a0Redwoods can grow to 300 feet or more, and can live over 2,000 years. \u00c2\u00a0The oldest know living coastal redwood is over 2,200 years old. \u00c2\u00a0Most of the redwoods we see are 50-150 years old, and can grow to 100 feet in their first 50 years. Writing this blog entry the day before Easter, I am reminded that the oldest living redwood was probably over 100 feet tall when Christ was on earth.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

We spent the night in Eureka, California and continued south early the next morning. \u00c2\u00a0We intended to turn off of Hwy. 101 onto coastal California Hwy. 1 ay Leggett, Ca. Arriving at the intersection the road was closed. \u00c2\u00a0There is a redwood tree attraction in Leggett on Hwy. 101, and paying for the entry fee, the attendant , who works for Catrans during the week, explained that there were two major landslides a week apart that completely blocked the road. \u00c2\u00a0Sp we too a small detour. \u00c2\u00a0First, a drive through redwood.<\/p>\n

\"Chandelier<\/p>\n

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The weather finally cleared as we drove south toward our next stop at Mendocino, Ca. \u00c2\u00a0But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leaving Portland behind, we headed to the Columbia River Gorge. \u00c2\u00a0About an hours drive on I-85. \u00c2\u00a0We went first to the Bridal Veil Falls. It was overcast and misting rain, great day for a walk on the trails. Below is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}