July 2014 ~ Trip to California

Saturday, July 19 (Commencing Day)

8:30 – Leave Seattle for Portland, OR.
12:00 – Arrive in Portland for lunch (Eat near the garden)
Ken's Artisan Bakery
338 NW 21st. Ave. (Everett St.) 
Portland, OR 97209
503-248-2202

12:45 – International Rose Test Garden

14:00 – Leave for Grants Pass… “It’s the Climate” sign around 111 SE
6th St 
Check in at Shilo Inn, 1880 NW 6th St
18:00 – Dinner at Taprock Northwest Grill 971 SE 6th St
19:00 – Visit Riverside Park
21:00 – Sleep
Sunday, July 20
6:30 – Eat Breakfast at Elmer’s, 175 Agness Ave (541) 474-0740
7:30 – Leave for Redwood National and State Parks
9:00 – Arrive at Hiouchi Information Center, US Highway 199, Hiouchi,
CA 95531
Pick up an official map and look for these place names. Suggestions are given north to
south.

 9:00 – 10:00 30min drive from Hiouchi to Howland Hill Rd and 20min
drive to Enderts Beach.
Discover Howland Hill Road (motorhomes and trailers nor advised): a 10-mile
scenic drive through old-growth redwoods, along Mill Creek, with Stout Grove
a ½-mile walk through a river bottom grove of tremendous trees.
 10:00 - 11:00 spend about 30 min on the beach, 30 min drive to
Klamath River Overlook
Explore Enderts Beach and Crescent Beach Overlook (trailers not advised).
Stand before outstanding Pacific Ocean views from the overlook; you may
even see a gray whale! Walk 1-mile to Enderts Beach, an access route to
multi-colored, myriad tidepool creatures. Be sure to check low tide times.
 11:00 – 12:00 spend about 30 min at the overlook and at the lower
overlook, 25 min drive to Coastal Drive.
Drive to Klamath River Overlook, a prime spot for watching the gray whale
migration. Look for other marine mammals and a host of seabirds any time of
year. Hike ¼ mile down a steep trail to the lower overlook and more dramatic
views.
 12:00 – 13:30 lunch, site seeing, the drive takes about 20 min.
Get off the beaten path and onto Coastal Drive (motorhomes and trailers are
prohibited on gravel section). This 8-mile road winds past expansive Pacific
Ocean views, the World War II Radar Station, and Highbluff Overlook. Look
through binoculars at the massive off shore rocks to spy thousands of
seabirds nesting.
 13:30 – 14:30 the drive takes 15 min.
Travel Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway. Not even the Avenue of the Giants
can beat this! A 10-mile scenic drive through ancient redwoods. Stop and
walk an 1/8 of a mile to Big Tree; you'll see why! Watch for Roosevelt elk
grazing in the prairie.
 14:30 – 16:30 not much drive here.
Investigate Davison Road where Roosevelt elk hang out in Elk Meadow.
Trillium Falls Trail is a 2½ mile loop trail through ancestral forest and has one
of the few falls in the parks. Follow Davison Road (length limit of 24 feet and
trailers are prohibited) to the gray sands of Gold Bluffs Beach. See if you can
find the remains of the mining era. Nothing compares to Fern Canyon with its
 30-foot walls dripping wet and full of ferns. Survey the creek for slippery
creatures.
 Be sure to stop at Kuchel Visitor Center one mile south of Orick. This is the
parks largest visitor center with numerous exhibits, a 12 minute video, and
beach access.
16:30 – Leave Kuchel Visitor Center
17:30 – Dinner at Samoa Cookhouse, 908 Vance Ave, Samoa, CA 95564
19:00 – Lodge at Bear River Casino Hotel, 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta, CA
95551

Monday, July 21
6:00 – Breakfast
7:00 – Leave Hotel
7:30–7:40 – Shrine Drive-Thru Tree, 13078 Avenue of the Giants, Myers
Flat, CA
8:10–8:30 – One Log House
9:45 – MacKerricher State Park, 24100 MacKerricher Park Road
12:00 – Lunch from Piaci Pub & Pizzeria (Take Out)
Guest House Museum, 343 N Main St

18:00 – Dinner
20:00 – Sleep

Tuesday, July 22
7:30 – Breakfast at hotel
10:00 – Arrive at friends’ house
Visit friends
Wednesday, July 23
10:00 – Leave house

Stanford
Lunch
Visit friends, Napa Valley?
17:30 – Register at Conference

Wednesday–Monday – at conference

Sunday, July 27
Drive straight home