July 18, 2016 - Memories We Could Remember

Even before they were old enough to remember we started taking our kids to the California Northcoast. Denis and I met in college at Humboldt and married in Arcata. It is another home for us. We love that Laine treasures the Northcoast as much as us and wanted to bring Angel to meet the trees too. At times it was a nail-biter driving Molly and Scoop up Highway 1, but it was well worth it. Denis and I tried to identify the spot where 35 years ago he proposed to me in Fort Bragg. We remember it as a cliff edge overlooking the ocean. We think it’s a Motel 6 now. 

Laine requested a stop at Glass Beach. Who would have thought that what was once a dumping spot would turn into a tourist destination for those seeking tumbled glass. I came away with a few prized pieces to put somewhere in Scoop.

Tonight we stayed in a pull-thru site at the Giant Redwoods RV & Camp in Myers Flat. The giant trees were all around the edges of the park, it was pretty barren at our centralized pull-thru site that put us five feet from our neighbor’s campfire. Fortunately Scoop and Molly time was pretty slow on the windy costal highway and we didn’t arrive until almost 8pm. But hey, that is 2 hours earlier than the day before.