Days 17 to 18: Crescent City to San Francisco

Highway 101 and Highway 1 took us snaking around mountainous terrain and Pacific coastline of Northern California, as we drove north to our new hometown of San Francisco.



Through forests of giant and majestic redwood's, we wove our way around some of the bendiest roads I've driven. Quite a contrast with some seriously flat and straight all the way to the horizon highways of South Dakota and Illinois!


Redwoods abound!


Those Elk get everywhere! A herd in a field by the side of the road in Redwood National Park.


Ryn standing by the aptly named "Big Tree".

Days 14-16: Race to the Pacific

Over the last three days we racked up over 800 miles, driving from Yellowstone, Wyoming, via Idaho to the Pacific coast in Oregon.



A good chunk of the journey was alongside Snake River and Columbia River, the beautiful rocky, sun baked scenery becoming more prominent the further west we drive. The greenery of tree's and grasses no longer the dominant color as it is in the east, but the accent on top of dusty ground and the brown cliff's. Finally we reached Oregon's pacific coast...






... and this being a coast to coast road trip, getting our feet wet in the pacific was a real landmark for us! Whooooooh! :) Now it's Highway 101 for the rest of the journey, the amazing coastal road that will deliver us to San Francisco.