April 27-28, 2022 Klamath to Cresent City , California to Brookings, Oregon

 High of 58 and sunny. 

We are in the town of Klamath. It is on the Yurok reservation. Also in Del Norte county, which is the Redwood Gate to the Golden State. Elk in Elk meadows this am, a tiny mushroom on the side of a redwood tree. Trillium, violet and a cool looking piece of redwood. 

We hiked Browns Creek to the Rhododendron trail. 4.4 miles and 914 feet of vertical. The trees were monstrous. 

John on the trail. Fiddleheads and an unusual marking on a cut redwood.  

Brown's Creek. John on a bridge over Brown's creek.

John crossing another bridge. Maidenhair fern, fiddle heads and a banana slug. The banana slug is California's state mollusk. 

Rhododendron leaves in front of a big tree. We were hoping they would be blooming, but it is still too early. A banana slug on a fern frond, pink trillium and Solomon's seal. 

Sunset from camp. We stopped in Crescent City on our way today for lunch at Crescent Seafood on the harbor. It was really, really good.  I had hot and spicy prawns with mango and asparagus. John had a bang bang prawn taco and a fish taco and then ordered fire dusted calamari. 

Two mosaics on the harbor. Then we stopped at the Battery Point Lighthouse. It is only open with the the tide is low, you can't get there when the tide is high. Last time we were through the tide was high. 

The flowers around the light house are stunning. Crescent Harbor, fish at the harbor, a carved wooden mermaid and a bigfoot sighting. 

In Brookings, Oregon we went to the Azalea park. This is the first time we were in town when the azaleas were blooming. Last time we were here was for the Christmas lights in the garden and we had our photo taken with the Ice Queen. 

Welcome to Oregon. Two beach flowers and a rock rose at the Azalea park. Azaleas. 

Flowers at Azalea park. 

Azalea park. Cappella by the Sea is an event center you can rent. I tried to take a photo of the inside through the glass, but it reflected the trees around it. Real pretty venue. 

Azalea Park. I love the twisty trunks the azaleas have. 

Backlit maple leaves. Azaleas, calla lilies and wild iris seen at Chetco point where we watched sunset. 

Wild iris and the surf. My handsome husband in sunset.

Sunset from Chetco point. 

April 26, 2022 Klamath, California

 High of 60 and sunny. We drove up to Klamath, California thru Redwood National Park. 

I wanted to stop at the Big Lagoon on our way to Klamath. We missed the turn to it, so John turned into Dry Lagoon. It was an adventure, the road was a narrow one lane. But the bus made it fine. The beach looking north at Dry Lagoon. 

The beach looking south at Big Lagoon. In Orick we past this herd of elk by an old school house. I didn't get the best photo out the window. We saw another herd down the road too, but I didn't get any picture of them. 

A Prairie Creek Redwood State Park we hiked on a 4.1 mile trail though the redwoods with 931 feet of up and 964 feet descending. John with one of the big redwoods. These stairs to the bridge over the creek were growing. 

The trillium lilies were blooming. It was the first time either of us had seen them bloom. I took way too many photos of them, they are beautiful. The flowers are 3 inches , they stand at least a foot tall. They age to pink. And a Solomon's seal. Path through the redwoods, there is a singe trillium blooming in front of the big redwood on the right. 

Trillium blooms lined the edges of the most of the trail. John counting the rings on a cut redwood. This one had 250. 

Trail through the redwoods. John is almost impossible to see in his rainforest camo coat in this forest. 

New bridge. Twin flowers, salmon berry and a fern fiddlehead. 

Skunk cabbage blooms, false lily of the valley, wood sorrel, and a face on a stump. John hugging a huge redwood. 

Prairie Creek. We drove the coastal road home. It was very green. 

View south from the high bluff overlook. Fields of tiny white asters, berry flowers, cow parsnip, salal and mustard flowers. 

John is ahead of me on the trail, I can never see him in his camo jacket. Looking north from the High Bluff overlook. 

Tree with two budding leaves standing straight up on the branches. golden bear from the bridge into Klamath, Danger, wild elk, Interesting succulent plants, Berry flower, wood sorrel, interesting tree formations.   This big pink flower was growing right out of the sand on the beach, no idea what it is, elk crossing sign, vine with white flowers, lupine and yellow beach sand verbena and white flowers. 

The Klamath river bar. where the river enters the ocean. We are camped at Chinook RV resort right on the Klamath River.