Running Free...

We were all excited to reach California - and the Pacific Ocean...  It's so hard to believe that we've been on the road for less than three weeks and have already traversed the entire span of the United States, almost completely from coast to coast.  As we pulled into the Crescent Beach parking lot to have lunch, the fog was settled in and the ocean was barely visible.  The kids had no idea what to expect, but they were hoping to get their feet in the sand and test out the waters...the very cold waters.

After lunch they did just that - running on the beach like they had been set free.  Isaac kept looking back at us to see if we would tell him to slow down or to be careful, or that he shouldn't do this or that.  But there were no rules here - just wide open space that he could run.  Abby danced through the cold waters at the ocean's edge with her own song of freedom playing in her head.  And Matt and I just stood back and watched them take it all in.

We took the rest of the day easy - getting set up at our site along the Klamath River, gathering information on trails to hike, and trying to see some views along the high bluffs of the coast.  The fog was pretty thick, and we couldn't see much...so we landed back at the beach at Wilson Creek after dinner.  The air was cold and damp, but the kids didn't care - it was all so new to them.  We had the whole place to ourselves as we watched for harbor seals in the distance and the kids played on the beach.  They spent over an hour making tipis and seesaws out of driftwood, marching along a fallen log, and creating a "show" with found seaweed and sticks.  Once we were all chilled to the bone, we headed back to our warm camper with smiles on our faces.

  


Tracy