How A Friendship Survived 18 Days in One Vehicle - 4 People, 3 States
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On our last day on the coast, we finally went to Newport. This is another one of those plans that didn’t quite fit into our plans, so to speak. We didn’t make it to the Aquarium, or eat at any of the restaurants that were on my list...and had a wonderful time. We did drive through it several times during the week, but “I just drive the car” DH got caught up in the excitement of going over the bridge every time, and we missed the good part of town. For the record, you need to get off 101 just before the bridge, heading off to your left, and then down to the waterfront.
The streets are narrow, and it’s in a actively working area for the local fishing industry, so you will need to watch out for people trying to bring in and process catches, and tourists watching them work. We joined them, fascinated by a large piece of equipment that was deshelling tons of tiny tiny shrimp that was coming in right from the boats moored alongside the buildings.
There are sea lions lying on the docks everywhere; it is thought that they are the same ones that used to hang out at Pier 39 in San Francisco. There are large cages set up with the doors open, and the sea lions use those freely. The purpose of those cages is to help capture sea lions who have gotten fishing lines & crud tangled up, or are injured in some way. Once they are in those cages, they can shut the door and safely sedate them to help them without having them drop into the water unconscious and drown.
The week passed all too quickly. But, time to move on, and we were anxious to get to Redwoods National Park. This involved a leisurely day’s drive down the coast - we stopped along the way to pick blackberries, they were plentiful. Most were eaten on the spot, but we did accumulate a bagful.
OK - tomorrow I will attempt to post a (shorter) report about the Redwoods...
On our last day on the coast, we finally went to Newport. This is another one of those plans that didn’t quite fit into our plans, so to speak. We didn’t make it to the Aquarium, or eat at any of the restaurants that were on my list...and had a wonderful time. We did drive through it several times during the week, but “I just drive the car” DH got caught up in the excitement of going over the bridge every time, and we missed the good part of town. For the record, you need to get off 101 just before the bridge, heading off to your left, and then down to the waterfront.
The streets are narrow, and it’s in a actively working area for the local fishing industry, so you will need to watch out for people trying to bring in and process catches, and tourists watching them work. We joined them, fascinated by a large piece of equipment that was deshelling tons of tiny tiny shrimp that was coming in right from the boats moored alongside the buildings.
There are sea lions lying on the docks everywhere; it is thought that they are the same ones that used to hang out at Pier 39 in San Francisco. There are large cages set up with the doors open, and the sea lions use those freely. The purpose of those cages is to help capture sea lions who have gotten fishing lines & crud tangled up, or are injured in some way. Once they are in those cages, they can shut the door and safely sedate them to help them without having them drop into the water unconscious and drown.
The week passed all too quickly. But, time to move on, and we were anxious to get to Redwoods National Park. This involved a leisurely day’s drive down the coast - we stopped along the way to pick blackberries, they were plentiful. Most were eaten on the spot, but we did accumulate a bagful.
OK - tomorrow I will attempt to post a (shorter) report about the Redwoods...
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