Red Crest, September 28

On our way to Red Crest, we made a stop at the Trees of Mystery to take a tram ride to a ridge top.  The trees, vegetation, and scenery are beautiful there.

We found Paul Bunyon at the base of the tram trail along with Babe, his blue ox.

Crescent City, CA - September 26-27

We crossed into California and headed to the Village Camper Inn.  We drove through a section of redwoods forest after parking our RVs.

The photo below provides a perspective on how large these trees are!

Our second day we toured the Ocean World Aquarium.

Our guide provided a great tour; he is a diver that has had enocunters with sealife in the ocean.

We saw many tiger sharks and other species.

We were allowed to "pet" sharks!

From the aquarium we next visited the Marine Mammal Center where injured and diseased sea lions and seals are resqued and treated, a great service to our earth.

After the seals and sea lions have healed they are released back into the ocean.

Gold Beach, September 24-25

Friday evening found most of us in the Swartzwald (Black Forest) of the Honey Bear Campground enjoying Oktoberfest food specialties. 

The owner of the campground entertained us after evening meal with German songs and had us dancing to great Umpa music.

The next morning found us loading on a jet boat for a trip up the Rogue River.  We ventured on the shortest trip so we were not exposed to rapids.  Our guide made the trip extremely educational, interesting, and fun.

There were a lot of fishermen hoping to catch salmon.

We spotted a lot of birds, including eagles.

The scenery was gorgeous; with our early start we needed to bundle up.

We passed under several highway bridges.

We stopped for lunch at Agnes restaurants.

There were myrtle wood trees every where.

The area has a lot of willows also.

We had a great view up-river from our picnic table.

On our way back down river we made a stop to pick up US mail.

By early afternoon many of the fishermen had their catches.

By 2 PM as we returned to our starting dock a lot more fishing boats had gathered at the mouth of the Rogue River.

Coos Bay, September 23

This morning we started off with a myrtle wood factory tour.  Myrtle wood is one of the hardest woods on earth.  When wet (before drying) it will sink in water.

We got to view their shop

A surprise was their construction of lead-filled wood golf putters

They use a saw of good size to cut slabs for furniture making

They had a lot of great furniture to see and buy

After a cool hot-dog picnic lunch

We visited the Shore Acres Botanical Garden

Sand Dunes, September 21

This morning we drove 6 miles south of Florence to a Dune Buggy ride.

The 28 of us fit into tow "large" dune buggies.  What fun to ride the sands of the Oregon coast.

A few brave soles rented smaller vehicles to run the sand dunes.