My boss had told me that it rains a lot in Oregon. She was right. It started raining about 20 miles south of the California/Oregon border today and is still raining as I type this at 7:30 p.m. in Coos Bay/North Bend, Oregon. Something about the weather here just chills you to the bone. Thanks to Zach, we actually broke out the rain gear about a mile before the rain started. Our usual procedure is to continue to discuss how much rain is or isn't coming until it's too late and we ride directly into a thunderstorm. This time, we "bit the bullet," pulled over by the side of the highway and donned our rain gear just in the nick of time.
I kept my camera protected from the rain and mist most of the day, but I still managed to take a few pictures. I'll add them to the blog later. Right now, I'm sitting in the laundry room at our hotel, trying to get all of our laundry done with one washer and two dryers and I forgot to bring the memory card from my camera with me.
Remember how we saw the "Bigfoot" gift shop yesterday? Not to worry, we had another highlight today. A huge Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, complete with gift store. Had we not just stopped to stretch our legs at another location, it would have probably been a "must see."
Just in case you're keeping track of the bizarre things that we have seen, you can add: an ostrich, an emu, and a peacock just walking down the side of the road.
As for northern California, I couldn't begin to list the strange things that we saw alongside the road today. Must be something in the air. Eureka, California was probably the strangest town that we passed through. A lot of strange people there and a mall that had a Wal-Mart as one of the main anchor stores.
More Redwood Forests and beautiful coastline today. Looking forward to seeing some more new sights tomorrow.
Here are the pics from today: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151650361562456.1073741834.677627455&type=3&uploaded=15
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