The scent of the Pacific Ocean’s salt and seaweed and the dark, almost black, sand were signs that we were almost home. It seemed strange to be back in familiar territory after almost a year travelling around North America seeing new things every day.
Crescent City, California, is close to the border with Oregon and is becoming a frequent stop over point for us when returning home. Here is where we start heading north towards British Columbia.
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I seem to be attracted to towns with less than 10,000 people and beautiful beaches.
Crescent City suffered extensive damage after the tsunami caused by last year’s earthquake in Japan, but it looked pretty much back to normal when we were there.
This is the place where Oscar and I had our last walk on the beach. I think when he smelled the Pacific Ocean again, he thought we were home.
Nice images Anne. I love these small towns along the northern coast and the lighthouses are an added bonus. I’m glad to hear Crescent City has recovered nicely from the tsunami damage.
Hi Russ, thank you so much. I just love the coastal drive through California and Oregon. I need to get farther south in California though. Next time…
Beautiful images Anne. I’ve just returned from Maine and you’re absolutely right, small towns on the ocean offer a peaceful respite from large cities. I love the way you’ve composed the second image.
Hi Edith, I hope you enjoyed your trip to Maine! It’s really nice there, but expensive I found. I hope you get up to the east coast of Canada some time. If you liked Maine you will love Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. Thank you very much for the compliment on my images 🙂
Lovely peaceful images, Anne. Glad you are nearly home safely.
Take care,
Mike
Hi Mike, thank you very much, I really appreciate your comments. I actually am home now – my processing is just a little behind. It’s nice to be back on Vancouver Island. It is really beautiful here in the summer and I have been enjoying the boating.
Hi Anne,
I always look forward to your updates. Next time you come down to CA be sure to go down the rest of the Big Sur coast. Camp at Kirk Creek – Google it. You have to make reservations now ;-( It’s our favorite place of all the places we have been. We have been full time RVing for about 5 years now. We have been just about everywhere west of the continental divide but find the CA and OR coasts to be our favorites and travel them frequently.
Thanks again for your inspiring photos and comments.
Dr. Bob Maher.
Hi Bob, We actually did the Big Sur coast last year and loved it. We would never take the RV in there though!! The driving is crazy when you get too close to the big cities in California. Instead we stayed with some friends in Hollister and they kindly offered to take care of our dog so we could do a day trip in there. That’s the other problem is that dogs are not allowed anywhere so that makes it difficult too. Without the dog and the RV it was much easier. We love the eastern part of California where there are fewer people. Thanks for your visit and comments.