Stupid Travel (Driving) question - LA to Monterey - Page 4

Snowflake · 04-13-2007, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

God! I want to get in my car a drive the hell away from here! My Sister used to live in Gualala, CA (which is on the coast at the southern end of Mendicino County). We used to do the 10 hour drive from LB to Gualala in a day but the end result was worth it. Once we got off the 101 in Petaluma (Hi SL), drove through lamb country to Bodega Bay life became incredibly good.

One trip we stopped in Berkely, then Gualala then continued along the coast to Trinidad to stay in some lovely little cottages. That was a GREAT trip!

I've always been fascinated by the Lost Coast of California. One day, I will go exploring there.

I'm with you, I had a painter friend from the East Coast who used to come out every spring to paint and would stay for months. She rented a cottage and it was foggy, mysterious, beautiful and untocuhed, I've not been up there in far too many years. Alas, she has since passed on and I don't know what happened to her art, she always promised me one.

MouseWife · 04-13-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

The patio is kid accessible.

If the deer-like animal was down by the Bigfoot store then I think it was probably just a deer. But if you were farther north, say around Redwoods National Park (north of Eureka) they may have been Roosevelt elk. They have a couple good sized herds up there and they're frequently right off the road.

Um...yes, it was elk. Thank you. I swear, how I forget such simple things....

There were a bunch of them in what I took for a dry creek/river bed. Two males were going at it, ramming one another. AND lovely were the raspberries growing wild along the highway.

Snowflake, the description of the artists' cottage is lovely.

Not Afraid · 04-13-2007, 07:45 PM

We took the train to Seattle one Spring. We were traveling through the beautiful and snowy Cascades while facing each other in our seats. Chris got to see what was coming and i saw things after we passed them. Suddenly he starts stuttering and pointing and finally blurts out LLAMA! I saw them 2 seconds later. They were Elk.

We also saw a heard of Rosevelt Elk in a forest of birch trees on the far Northern California Coast. Incredibly beautiful site!

MouseWife · 04-13-2007, 08:15 PM

LOL Okay, well, at least he said something.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P9260139.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P9260134.jpg

And, what a bummer. We took a videocamcorder with us and it didn't work.

The train...oooo, that would be nice.

04-13-2007, 07:45 PM	#33
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	We took the train to Seattle one Spring. We were traveling through the beautiful and snowy Cascades while facing each other in our seats. Chris got to see what was coming and i saw things after we passed them. Suddenly he starts stuttering and pointing and finally blurts out LLAMA! I saw them 2 seconds later. They were Elk. We also saw a heard of Rosevelt Elk in a forest of birch trees on the far Northern California Coast. Incredibly beautiful site!
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04-13-2007, 08:15 PM	#34
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	LOL Okay, well, at least he said something. http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P9260139.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P9260134.jpg And, what a bummer. We took a videocamcorder with us and it didn't work. The train...oooo, that would be nice. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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