San Francisco

Oct. 23 visited Sausalito and went then over the Golden Gate bridge to SF.





























In SF until Oct. 24 with Eric and Deborah Stratmann which we haven't seen for 30 years !
They live in a house on top of Buena Vista Park with a beautiful view over SF

























new and old buildings together




University of SF


the town Hall

Linda and the monster pumpkin of 1200 lbs (600kg)


and the cable cars of course !

From the Coast eastwards to the wine county of Sonoma

Oct. 21 From Mendocino on Hwy 128 to Windsor CA






after a beautiful scenery through the wine country ----

We met our friends Nancy and Charles Richard in their beautiful house in Windsor, California.
Charles used to manage and work in his vineyard and still regrets that he had to sell it. He knows a lot about Californian (and other wines) and so we bought an impressing collection. And --wonder-- we got it through Canadian customs without a problem --

We also visited Healdsburg which is a very nice town and had a wonderful dinner in Santa Rosa.
Thank you Charles and Nancy !

The Avenue of the Giants to Fort Bragg

Oct 20. We continue on Hwy 101 to Weott, California through the Avenue of the Giants

After Leggett a very tiring driving with beautiful views through the forest with endless very tight curbs and ups and down in the mountains on California Hwy #1 we arrive at the coast.
Stay in Fort Bragg with an evening shopping adventure, bringing a lot of bottles with Californian wine in our backpack in a late night walk.
Tired but happy !
















beautiful coast

The Giants

Oct 18 Overnight in Mystic Forest RV Park. Nice Park, friendly people and met Bob McCray, a fishing guide, who offered us right away fresh and smoked salmon and Peter fixed his Internet connection.


This is the stump of a tree or what's left.














Apparently this tree has been cut with the chainsaw hanging over my head. It is huge !













and here is the tree phone



















A long walk (4 hours)through the Redwood forest and
the giant trees (we got almost lost !)














The highest tree is 112 m !













And there are more trees to come

from Umpqua State Park to Cape Blanco to the Avenue of the Giants

Oct. 17 ( on Hwy 101) Stop and hike on the Dunes at Horsfall. the Dunes are huge, see our small RV down right.

















The night a storm with up to 70 miles (110 km) was shaking our RV and the next morning we went to see the huge waves on the coast. The the wind and the road warnings about fallen trees did not allow us to leave before the afternoon.









Another lighthouse on Cape Blanco and a beautiful State park (space for the RV) nice walk down the cliffs to the beach.

Port Angeles to Umpqua lighthouse, Oregon

To the Umpqua lighthouse where we stay in the State Park overnight with our RV




























Continuing winding Hyway 101 along the rugged Oregon coast










Augustin Fresnel the French Physicist invented in 1822 the Fresnel lens for the lighthouses giving a straight beam for a maximum visibility of the beam and the Heceta beam is visible 21 miles off the coast







The Heceta Lighthouse










Oct. 15 to Corvallis, Oregon and on Oct. 16 to Heceta lighthouse, one of the nicest on the Oregon coast and night in Umpqua Lighthouse Statepark in the Oregon Dunes, beautiful place.

Leaving Victoria BC for California

Left Victoria with the MV COHO to Port Angeles on Oct.14 with the RV