Friday, May 29, 2015

We're home!! We left Stephanie Inn around 9:00am and decided we would drive to Port Townsend and take the ferry to Coupeville and then we would drive about an hour tomAnacortes and get our ferry. The drive across the Columbia and up through the timberlands and coast of Washington was wonderful. For the last third of the trip we drove along the west side of Hood Canal. Gorgeous sights! We caught the 5:30 ferry home and it took about an hour to get everything unloaded and put away. The Thule is still on the car as I just didn't have the energy to take it off tonight. We had a great time watching Joe play, visiting with Thomas and Will and Jack, staying at Thetherow, driving to and spending time at Crater Lake, and then driving to the California coast. The coast drive from Crescent City south to Eureka goes through some stands of Redwoods and has some spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean. The best way to appreciate the Redwoods, however, is to visit a grove like the one we walked, Stout Grove, not far from Crescent City. Those trees are truly magnificent and HUGE! We drove the Oregon Coast from the California border to the Washington border On Hwy 101. We never got tired of seeing the ocean, which is extremely cool in Oregon! Last night we stayed at the Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach. Another awesome place where you walk out of your room onto the beach and marvel at the expanse of the Pacific Ocean! The drive we took today from Astroia to Port Townsend was not one we had done before and Hood Canal doesn't take a back seat to anyone in the "awesome beauty" department. The best view of the day,of course, was our own Guemes Channel. We had a fabulous time, but it is always nice to come home. Looks like tomorrow I'll be cutting lots of grass... Next time I write one of these it will be on our trip to Florida. Stay tuned!!