Roadtrip - Day 3
Thankfully the rain was finally letting up, and we started appreciating the spectacular beauty of the landscape along the coast now that the sun was shining on it and we didn't have to squint through the rain anymore. After all the rain and some pretty twisty spots, and the tsunami signs, we were cacking ourselves when we saw these signs for the Oregon Coast bike route. Come ride in Oregon! Crouch down into the driving winds! Ride through biblical proportion floods! Avoid the carnivorous seagulls!
Perception is coloured by experience...
We ended up taking Highway 101 all the way into the far northern tip of California before turning left and heading back inland to the I-5 and our final destination of Ashland. Lucky we did go down that far as well, because otherwise we would have missed the forests of enormous redwoods in that area. Incredibly huge trees, right in front of you before the hairpin bend, then they're shrinking off into the rear view mirror and there's no time to take any photos and as suddenly as the forest started it was over and we were in the interior of Oregon. Which thankfully is much drier than the coast, and resembles the desert more than the rainforests that we had become so accustomed to.
Of course the main purpose of the whole trip was to see Kerstie and Thom, but it was also a secret, we were going to surprise them the way they did to us by showing up at the cabin last year when we flew over during the 2003 BC fires. Amy (Thom's sister) was our inside agent in getting things set up. She was putting a birthday party at her place for their friend Annie. Thom and Kerstie were coming along to celebrate. Completely unaware that we would be there. We got to Amy's at about 5, the party was to start at 6 and everyone else showed up just before Kerstie and Thom arrived. It turns out that Thom had found out about us coming (Amy trying to cover her tracks with a slip-up to Kerstie), which was probably just as well, because it meant that he had a camera ready when Kerstie opened the door to find her sister there. Col wasn't supposed to be at Annie's party! Col lived 3000kms away. What the hell?! Needless to say, surprise was achieved, everyone had a great party for Annie (with yummy salmon for dinner) and we got our own back in the nicest possible way.
Surprise!!
Sisters reunited...
Perception is coloured by experience...
We ended up taking Highway 101 all the way into the far northern tip of California before turning left and heading back inland to the I-5 and our final destination of Ashland. Lucky we did go down that far as well, because otherwise we would have missed the forests of enormous redwoods in that area. Incredibly huge trees, right in front of you before the hairpin bend, then they're shrinking off into the rear view mirror and there's no time to take any photos and as suddenly as the forest started it was over and we were in the interior of Oregon. Which thankfully is much drier than the coast, and resembles the desert more than the rainforests that we had become so accustomed to.
Of course the main purpose of the whole trip was to see Kerstie and Thom, but it was also a secret, we were going to surprise them the way they did to us by showing up at the cabin last year when we flew over during the 2003 BC fires. Amy (Thom's sister) was our inside agent in getting things set up. She was putting a birthday party at her place for their friend Annie. Thom and Kerstie were coming along to celebrate. Completely unaware that we would be there. We got to Amy's at about 5, the party was to start at 6 and everyone else showed up just before Kerstie and Thom arrived. It turns out that Thom had found out about us coming (Amy trying to cover her tracks with a slip-up to Kerstie), which was probably just as well, because it meant that he had a camera ready when Kerstie opened the door to find her sister there. Col wasn't supposed to be at Annie's party! Col lived 3000kms away. What the hell?! Needless to say, surprise was achieved, everyone had a great party for Annie (with yummy salmon for dinner) and we got our own back in the nicest possible way.
Surprise!!
Sisters reunited...
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