Our first stop today, was the giant redwoods grove just past Orick, California.  We took photos of these sleeping giants, but these trees really need to be seen in person to really appreciate their grandeur.

After the giant redwoods, we continued on Highway 101 into Oregon.  Oregon is as picturesque as California.  As soon as we crossed the border into Oregon, gas went down 50 cents too.  Another very good reason to visit the Oregon coast!

The small, sea towns we drove through in Oregon were quaint and only slightly touristy.  The bridges we crossed today through some of these small towns were truely ironwork sculputures – they could do a movie on “The Bridges of the Oregon Counties.”

 We stopped for lunch at a fish and chips restaurant called the Barnacle Bistro in Gold Beach, Oregon.  We were lucky, yet again, to find a little gem of a restaurant and had an excellent lunch,

After lunch, we enjoyed the Oregon coast for another four hours, stopping here and there for photos and to finally brave the chilly fall weather and put our feet in the Pacific ocean.  We even managed to find a beach access point to enjoy a Pacific sunset.

Tired, cold, windblown and covered in a sea-spray film, we rolled into Lincoln City, Oregon just after 7:00 PM and found a little room right on the ocean at The Best Western.  We threw our luggage in our room, added some layers of clothing, and headed out to the local restaurant called Kylla’s to see what we could get to warm us up and fill our grumbling bellies.  We had clam chowder!  Yummy!  It definitely hit the spot and chased the chill away.