Done That (As of Yesterday)

1. Saw a whale

            Note: I captured a photograph that shows the whale as a smallish black spot in the Pacific Ocean…not worth posting 

2. Drove right through a giant redwood tree

            Note: Definitely a bit hokey…but if you have an opportunity to drive through a tree you must take it (after you wave the Japanese tourists out of the way)

3. Collected sea glass from a beach near the crashing surf

            Note: More fun than I expected and the stuff is pretty…the glass is from an era when people used the ocean as a garbage receptor

4. Walked deep into the redwood forest to find a waterfall

Note: A shaded and quiet place…the ancient redwood trees are awe inspiring in a deeper and more thoughtful way than most tourist attractions

5. Saw a banana slug

Note: These slugs have a weird sex life…more on that in a later blog

6. Found the Lost Coast of California near Shelter Cove

Note: the Lost Coast is a long stretched of undeveloped coast, so named because the engineers who designed Highway 1 could not find a practical way to build the highway near the coast and were forced to push the highway many miles inland…we can see mountainous coast from our room at Shelter Cove

--Mitchell Hegman