WE THEN DROVE TO JOHNNY'S RV PARK. LOTS OF FULL TIMERS, BUT IT WAS KEPT UP AND CLEAN. ACROSS THE STREET WAS THE HUMBOLT BAY. OREANA LOVED IT BECAUSE SHE COULD ONCE AGAIN RUN AND CHASE THE BALL IN THE SAND. WE LOVED IT BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE NATIONAL REDWOOD FOREST.
THE ROADS WERE NARROW AND DARK,BUT STILL VERY PRETTY. YOU COULD ONLY SEE THE SUN WHEN YOU LOOKED UP. THE TREES WERE SO TALL AND LARGE IT WAS BEYOND BELIEF. WHEN YOU READ ABOUT THE TREES IT IS MIND BLOWING THAT THEY START FROM A PINE CONE THAT IS AS BIG AS YOUR FINGERNAIL. THE SEEDS ARE THE SIZE OF TOMATO SEEDS. THERE WAS ONE TREE THAT WE STOPPED AT, IT WAS CALLED THE "PERPETUAL TREE" IT HAD BEEN THROUGH A FOREST FIRE IN 1906, LUMBERJACKS IN 1915 AND A FLOOD IN 1964. IT WAS 325 FEET TALL 58 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE. IT SMELLED OF DAMP PINE AND WET LEAVES. IT WAS BOTH COMFORTING AND FRIGHTENING TO SEE. IN MANY WAYS IT WAS LIKE A CHRISTMAS, WITH ALL THE RED TREES AND THE GREEN LEAVES AND MOSS. MANY OF THE OTHER TREES WERE COVERED WITH A GREEN SOFT LOOKING MOSS. THIS ADDED TO THE FRIGHTFUL FEELING .THERE WERE FREQUENT "GROVES" THAT YOU COULD WALK THROUGH. SOME HAD FAMOUS NAMES, LIKE THE LADY BIRD JOHNSON GROVE AND OTHERS WERE IN MEMORY OF A PERSON. THEY HAD GROVES OF TREES THAT WERE ENHANCED WITH FLOWERS AND OTHER TREES. AFTER DRIVING THROUGH THE FOREST WE HEADED BACK TO CAMP. THE RIDE HOME WAS ALSO EVENTFUL ,WE SAW LOTS OF DEER AND ELK. THE MALE ELK HAVE ONLY FURRY STUBS FOR HORNS,AS THEY SHED THERE HORNS EVERY FALL.
AFTER 2 DAYS AT THE RV PARK IN EUREKA WE HEADED NORTH TO MYRTLE CREEK OREGON. WHILE IN OREGON WE HIKED THE TOLEEGA FALLS AND THE WATSON FALLS, WENT TO COOS BAY AND WALKED ALONG THE CLIFFS. THE CLIFFS WERE RAGGED AND DOTTED WITH SMALL ISLANDS. SEALS INHABITED MANY OF THE ISLANDS AS WELL AS CANADIAN GEESE AND CORMORANTS
OREGON IS VERY BEAUTIFUL, IT HAS HIGH ROLLING HILLS THAT ARE DOTTED WITH SHEEP, COWS AND HORSES. THE WILDLIFE IS PLENTIFUL AND A VERY IMPRESSIVE SITE.
