September 2021

It was the middle of September when we headed south out of Oregon for Redwood National Park. We diverted from Lake Tahoe because of the wildfires threatening that resort community. Looking for someplace else to explore, we quickly focused on the Redwood forests of Northerm California. Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park was our first destination…

Oregon Having lived and grown up in Upstate New York, we see Oregon as a distant place. Sure, we learned about the state in grade school. Lewis and Clark trekked from Missouri, across Kansas and Nebraska, and then followed the Missouri River to Montana. There they crossed Idaho and followed the Snake River to the…