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Vacation: Day Three

// August 29th, 2007 // family

Day three of vacation was all about the Redwoods. We slept as much as we could, but our room faces east and we didn’t close the heavy curtain, so the sun woke us up pretty early. We got ready and ate at the little Italian cafe which makes a great omelette and hash browns.

The drive up there wasn’t far, but the roads were very twisty and winding. It was chilly in the early morning, which was perfect. We did about a two-mile walk through the woods and were just utterly amazed. It felt like being someplace secret and long forgotten. The trees were just so ancient and massive, some which have been growing for over 500 years. It really was something I’ll never forget.

Sadly our camera sucks in dark light, and I didn’t think we needed the flash, but we did, and many of the pictures came out fuzzy or out of focus. That is the only regret I have, but we will always remember it in my head

We left the park and decided to check out Muir Beach, but ended up seeing a sign for the Muir Beach overlook, which sounded cooler, so we just drove that way. It was one of the most amazing places we’ve been to. The overlook was atop this mountain range looking down into the ocean. The fog was coming up from the water and flowing up the slopes and over the top of the overlook. We had clouds just rushing by us, and the cool air from them was chilling.

You could look down and see waves crashing on big outcropping rocks and cliffs. The overlook was a long walkway to the edge and was breathtaking.

The rest of the day was relaxing. We had lunch from this great burger place by our hotel called “Hamburgers”. They were fantastic. We napped, read a bit and then watched Becoming Jane at the local art theater a few streets down.

One interesting note was that on Monday we thought we saw a guy who looked like Huey Louis and we kind of laughed about it. Well, we went out for ice cream yesterday and we saw the same guy eating at this restaurant below our hotel. And he was with this girl holding a Huey Louis autographed picture, so yeah, it was really him. We think he’s staying at our hotel too Huey Louis!

Pics belown (with some hotel room shots):

• We eat at the crappy place on Day Two
• Mike on a big tree (pretty fuzzy, but you’ll get the idea)
• Jina in front of a huge tree
• A vertical panoramic of a tree I patched together (really need a fish eyed lens)
• Jina walks out to the Muir Beach overlook
• Jina on the overlook
• Another of Jina
• Mike on the overlook
• Both of us
• A view below of the rocks and ocean
• A cool little picture of a small pine tree
• View from our balconey
• The view looking the other direction
• The room