Boomer 'n Shannon - Cruise'n the Country

Day 12! We didn't know there was going to be one! Escorted around the area by Gaye as we both were able to kick back and enjoy the local sights that San Francisco has to offer. ??? miles and 2 National Parks      A picture with Gaye, our gracious host and tour guide for a leisure drive. She was our neighbor when we first moved to HI.  She has since moved back to SanFran.  Fog sure can make for a nice picture, or is that Smog?          Lots of seals were sunning themselves! Not a care in the world Sure is an amazing looking shoreline in central CA. Always worth stopping for a picture Alcatraz is on the bucket list.  Soon!

Day 11 - Oct 20, 2014, Red Bluff, CA to Mill Valley, CA 427 miles, 2 National Parks and 1 state California    Sunrise greeted us with some warm orange and pinks this morning.  We headed back to 101 by way of 36 to drive down the coast toward Mill Valley to visit with our friend Gaye.  Today we will enjoy our last couple parks with a leisure drive down the coast.           This is at one of the California State Redwood Parks.  Very nice indeed.  Most states cannot stay on par with Federal parks, but California has got it going on in the park arena.  Especially when they can get things like the Redwood Camper :)  This camper was carved out of a large coastal Sequoia.  It's terrible to say, but; wow, look at the wood work!   Crazy moss growing right on the handrail by the door. Sun warming the giant log  Of course we had to drive through a tree! Bucket list check-off, drove through giant red

Day 10 - Oct 19, 2014 Redding, CA to Red Bluff, CA 478 miles, 3 National Parks, and 2 states California and Oregon (again) We opted to change direction after Whiskeytown and go up the east coast and get Lassen Volcanic and then Lava Bed NP by way of Oregon and down by Mount Shasta to Red Bluff.  We felt that we had a couple days to get in the last few out of the way parks while we could.   Shannon did an awesome job spotting these birds!     Took a pic...ya never know, it could have been the Times Square Christmas tree!!     Let's just say that Lassen Volcanic NP is out in the absolute middle of nowhere and signs are not marked well.  We probably went an extra 60 miles today trying to find it.                       We had to go from California through Oregon to get from Lassen to Lava Beds.  Oregon is a full-serve only gas state...  Not used to that.  Ryan got yelled at a couple times!!  So I quickly re