Deuces: April 2008

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Medford to Coos Bay

I spent the night in Medford on Sunday. I was pretty cranky after having some issues with my hotel so I was really looking forward to seeing something mind blowing today. And that I did. Check out my drive up to Crater Lake

And then, I saw Crater Lake. I don't know how to describe the blue of the lake, it was powerful.

Only one area of the entire lake was open since there's still about 12ft of snow on the ground, so it was tough to spend much time there. With my day opened up, I decided to head back to the coast, only this time Oregon style. I did manage to see some cool stuff on the way, including a random falls with a mile hike to the top. Gracie made me stop there too.

With all the snow melting, there are hundreds of these waterfalls along the highways

Here are some pictures as I started getting closer to the coast. There are easily 1000 different shades of green in this state. Some of it didn't even look real to me.

That's the sun setting long before I got to Coos Bay. From what I read and hear, it's pretty amazing. I guess I'll have to find out tomorrow. Although, if it's raining like it was tonight when I got here, I don't know if I'll be able to see much.

I believe we're completely caught up now. I've got some video to update, but tonight's not the night. Check back again. Throwing the deuces

Redwood National Park

On Sunday, I woke up early and went to Redwood National Park. It was another example of knowing what you're about to see, but not really knowing what it is until you're there.

The weather made it tough to enjoy the drive to Redwood

But I found a beach

This is what the sand looked like

I'm happy to say the sun came out just as I was getting into the park.

A herd of elk

Check out the sign to the right of the tree

I'm not showing off the car, just showing it in relation to the tree,
and remember it's about 10 feet behind the car

I found another beach after leaving the park, but the sun had gone back into hiding.

Surfer dudes

A tunnel, trippy

Best picture I've taken yet

Northern California

When I left South Lake Tahoe on Saturday, I was a little upset because I really was having a great time there. But the scenery leaving town quickly helped me to get over my pity party.

The hills had eyes

I had to drive through Sacramento although I did my best to find a way not to. And sure enough I had to drive right by Arco Arena, where the sac. kings play. Any team that will employ Vlade Divac, Hedu Turkoglu, and Doug Christie should be have their franchise revoked as soon as Frank becomes president. But then I got to the coast. I didn't even really know I was there until I looked left and saw this

Turns out it was just Humblodt Bay, but it's still ocean water. I stayed the night in Arcata, which is a very interesting town. Very political and a hippy-fest all over.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Gracie Face

aka, Slobulous. I figure about half of you only check this to see pictures of the most popular dog on the road these days. It should be no surprise to anyone that she makes friends faster than I can keep up with. I'll be saying good-bye to someone she met and she's already tugging me to the next group. Luckily, she favors girls, which works well for me.

Here's a few of here multiple positions she finds to lay in while riding in the front seat...

Her favorite spot

A variation of the first

We're working on the lady part of Lady Grace

Her tongue is rarely in her mouth

Sleeping in the back of the car with me

Every morning, I take a shower, check my email, pack everything up, read about the Mavericks, recheck that I didn't forget anything, read Hip Hop's blog, check my email again, and then finally wake Gracie up. She has taken on the philosophy of "If it's before noon, it's way too soon."