Road Trip #3 - The Big Reds and Hwy #1

A highlight of this trip was camping for a night right in the middle of the Big Reds - tall, bold trees towering 300 feet into the sky, the tallest trees in the world. The magnitude of their strength and length was impressive.

We walked through a forest that had interesting facts about certain trees located through out the trail. Adam could have been a tour guide with his careful planning and enthusiasm while exploring. At one point he had a group join us and listen to him while he was explaining and teaching information to the boys.

The trail we went on was called Henry Cowell State Park and we highly recommend it. 

Little did I know that these beautiful woods would be the last time I felt safe for almost the rest of the trip. 

Later that day we hit Hwy #1 a gorgeous, beautiful, scenic coastal drive.

Now people have told us that this beautiful drive could be a bit scary. Let me tell you that it was very scary sitting high up in a RV that jostled and rattled us around like we were clothes in a washing machine.

Curves, steep hills going upwards and downwards, hairpin curves, a cliff boasting of large, rugged rocks that met up with pounding ocean waves right below my door. On the other side of the RV, huge, tall cliffs with rocks falling down and littering the road below curved along side the road. One falling rock could knock our whole RV down the embankment. One little jerk of the wheel would send us plunging below. I was a wreck, gripping the side door, clenching my teeth, hitting my right foot under the dashboard -slamming onto my imaginary breaks, and then jilting my head to the left- in a severe motion as if my jerking movements would move the whole RV further away from the terrifying cliff. This went on for about 20 minutes until Adam told me to sit in the back. With Adam's careful concentration on driving he missed most of the scenery and yelled to the back for the boys to enjoy what he was missing. The boys peered out of the windows for a few minutes and then went back to their games.

Enjoy the next three pictures from the internet. My hand was too shaky to get pictures.

A popular tourist spot is McWay Falls. It was impressive but the thin snake- like trail to get there with five boys was too nerve-racking for me to enjoy.

We came across a bay scattered with elephant seals basking in the sun.

Morro Rock at sunset. This rock was in the news last week when a man wanted to impress the love of his life and proposed to her on facetime climbing to the top of the rock, 581 feet high. After his proposal he got stuck trying to get down and helicopters had to rescue him from a dangerous and precarious position.