Coastal Northern California and Wine Country - Oregon Trip, Part 11 (The End)

After Ashland, we went north a little bit then turned west towards the coast and traveled along Highway 101 for a while.  There were many things to see - redwoods, elk's feeding ground, beach, old towns and then we cut across the wine country Sonoma heading home in Berkeley.  Before we headed home, we stayed for one night in Arcata, which I discussed in the last post of this series.

Before we reached Arcata, we passed Crescent City, a working-class coastal town, which reminded me much of the serene and melancholic Netherlands.





At the harbor of Crescent City, we saw a nice woman feeding many feral cats - they were very adorable and quite domesticated to me:



Away from Crescent City, we traveled along the coast for a while and had wonderful sights:





Then, we passed a relatively small redwood park and a feeding ground for elk, but we was not lucky enough to sight them.  However, the field was very beautiful:











We traveled along and saw more wonderful waves before we entered Arcata:













After not so restful Arcata, we stopped by Eureka briefly and saw large sea birds at the harbor:









Afterwards, we veered away from the coast and entered Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California to see the "Avenue of the Giants" - huge redwoods and they were giants indeed:











At the junction of Highway 1 and 101, we took the coastal route so I could see Mendocino, a famed California destination.  Before we arrived, the coastal got quite lovely already:







Passing through Fort Bragg (above), we arrived at Mendocino and was able to take a little walk between storms:















To my pleasant surprise, there were cool galleries selling interesting artworks:





At last, we drove through the lovely Sonoma wine country and went back after when it was totally dark:













A very satisfactory trip!



Related Articles:
--> Coastal Northern California and Wine Country - Oregon Trip, Part 11 (The End)
--> Arcata, California - Oregon Trip, Part 10
--> Idyllic Parks and Cute Animals in Ashland - Oregon Trip, Part 9
--> Art in Ashland - Oregon Trip, Part 8
--> Natural Bridge and Crater Lake, Oregon - Oregon Trip, Part7
--> It Got Better - Three Plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Oregon Trip, Part 6
--> Ashland Springs Hotel - Oregon Trip, Part 5
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