Route 101 North

Since San Francisco, we have been traveling Route 101 North. We are now in Klamath, CA at Kamp Klamath Campground in the midst of the Redwood National and State Parks and it is raining. It has been raining for the past 24 hours and it sounds like it might continue to rain for the next 48 to 72 hours. If that happens, we may not get to see much of the Redwoods except through raindrops from the car windows.


We arrived here on Sunday and by Sunday night, Mike and I had taken a drive a mile or so down our road to the mouth of the Klamath River. There are some beautiful views from that vantage point and we spotted whale spouts. It seems that this is an excellent spot to see whale all year around but especially now in the spring as they move farther north. I don't have a picture of the spouting water from the whale but I did snap these pics as the sun was getting lower in the sky. Little did I know it would be the last of the sun we would see for awhile. There are flowers in bloom absolutely everywhere you look.

This is the view of the mouth of the river from the "end of the road" vista point.

This is looking inland, up the river. Seems it is pretty much always hazy and foggy around here, one of the reasons the redwoods, flowers, ferns, moss and everything else grows so well.

I love the coastline in this part of the world.

This is where we saw the whale spouting. It is right by the mouth of the Klamath River.

Yesterday, the four of us took a drive to Crescent City, 20 miles farther up route 101, to pick up a few necessities and to have clam chowder at a place a couple of people had told us about. Wouldn't you know, it was closed on Monday. We did find chowder at another cafe; I didn't think it was the best although Barry liked it. We were close to the harbor and we did manage to get a couple pictures before the rains came down in force. This is the lighthouse at the Crescent City Harbor - you can only access it in low tide.

Views from 101.

Right alongside the road, very near a pullout, we spotted this redwood log; that is Barry posing in front of it. It must be over 6 feet in diameter.

This craggy looking tree was nearby, also. Love the fact that these trees make me look little!

Weren't bored so we are off for a ride even if it is raining. More later from Route 101 and any other side road we may find.