TRINIDAD, CA. We are staying at the Elk Country RV Resort well north of Trinidad, but that is their mailing address. It was a short drive today, but ended with our GPS leading us down the wrong entry road for the RV park. We needed to go down the next road off US101, but were misdirected onto a very narrow private road, resulting in our unhitching the Jeep and backing the motorhome out the road and turning it around in a small area before re-entry to US101. It all worked out OK, since Betty just followed me in the Jeep as I drove the motorhome to the next road to the north.
This park is known for the herd of Roosevelt elk that supposedly come into the park every day. As I suspected, now that I am here, there is no sign of a single elk. We sat at our picnic table outside the motorhome waiting to see something until dark, but nothing. Maybe tomorrow.
After we arrived here today, at the recommendation of the park manager, we drove to the nearby Dry Lagoon State Park along the Pacific Ocean. It was a free entry and afforded a long walk on the beach near the dry lagoon. The sand was like finely ground rocks with an amazing assortment of wild flowers growing all over it. We continued to a place near a rock peak on the shoreline, then turned back nearer the water where the sand was damp and easier to walk on. Huge pieces of driftwood and various rocks were everywhere. We took many photos with our phones, with a few included below.
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| Wildflowers Along the Path on the Beach |
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| Betty Beside Large Driftwood Photographing Peak |
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| Large Driftwood |
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| Wildflowers Growing on the Beach |
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| More Wildflowers |
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| Had to Steady the Flower in the Wind |
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| Hollowed Log Becomes Planter for Wildflowers |
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| Walked Near Water on Way Back |
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| Betty Had to Get Her Feet Into the Pacific |
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| Warning About Some of the Dangers in That Area |
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| More Warnings |
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| Example of Rocks Along the Beach |
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| This Rock Looks Like Fossilized Wood |
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| Back at the RV Park Swallows Build Nests Everywhere |
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| Historic Schoolhouse Where Elk Gather |
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| Inside Schoolhouse |
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| Old Desks Among Few Items That Remain |
Just catching up on your blog. Always amazed at what you are up to and how far you have come. Had to look hard to find BJ on that rock between the sequoias and of course she had to get her feet in the Pacific.
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