Redwood National and State Park

It is never easy leaving our family.  We are already counting the days until we will see everyone again.

We left Los Altos at 9:00 a.m. for the start of our return trip home.  We drove North about five hours to Redwood National and State Park on the Pacific coast near Crescent City, CA just South of the Oregon border.  The redwoods here are very large and beautiful.  We took the Coastal Drive which is an eight mile road that winds through stands of redwoods with great views of the Klamath River and the crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean.  For the most part, we were the only ones on this coastal trail.  We stopped along the way at the High Bluff and Klamath River Overlooks for views of the ocean and the rocky shoreline.  We also took a very short hike into the woods on the Lake Hope trail in order to get up close to the redwood trees. 

We continued driving North on Highway 101 to Crescent City, CA where we had dinner and are spending the night.  It was a great start of our trip back home. 

Pictures can be see at  https://picasaweb.google.com/tschick62/2011531RedwoodNationalAndStatePark?authkey=Gv1sRgCPGUq7nar9C3mAE&feat=directlink


More later . . . .

Making Our Way Back Home

Unfortunately, it is time to begin our drive back to Ohio. 

Our return trip has been delayed twice now, once for a sad reason and once for a happy one. 

We make a quick trip back to Ohio on Sunday, May 22 to attend the funeral of Alton Madden.  He was a great grandfather, grandfather, father and friend to many.  Ellen and I are so pleased we were able to spent time with him this past winter in Florida. 

We returned from Ohio on Wednesday, May 25 which allowed us to see Elise's first Nova softball tournament. We got to see her play in five games over Memorial Day weekend.

It has been very enjoyable being here with Jen, Dan and the kids.  We have seen many of Thomas' baseball games, Elise's softball games, Julia's preschool, swim team practice and the Almond School Play.  We have biked, played, read, held hands, kissed, hugged and tickled.  Our days have been full.  We don't want to leave, but know that we must. 

Tomorrow morning we leave for home back in Ohio.  We have an 18 day return trip planned.

More later. . .