I am so sorry for the frown. I didn't know what it would feel like to have a wild bird sitting on my hand and was pretty focused. It was a Steller's Jay with a malformed left claw. It was so cool. The bird just sat there and ate all four of the nuts I held in my hand.

Not the best photo; but pretty cool huh?

This is a view of the roadway in the Avenue of the Giants. It is a road that dates from a stage coach route through the Redwood forest. As you can see, the trees are right up against the road. The more dramatic spot was in the Jedediah Smith State Park farther north. There, the road was much narrower and weaved in and around the trees big time. Switchbacks everywhere. I would have taken photos; but I had cars breathing down my back the whole way.

On Saturday, we spent the day visiting the Redwood National Park. Here we are standing in front of the "Big Tree." Actually it is not the largest; but, at a 21.6 foot circumference it is pretty fat at the base. It was raining all day and quite dramatic.

This is the lens of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. It is the coolest and we got to go up into this amazing lighthouse on Thursday. On Friday we drove to Crescent City and saw more of the dramatic Oregon coastline.

On March 2 we crossed the Astoria Bridge from Washington into Oregon.  The bridge is so tall that the large ships can go underneath it.  Then we had a great visit with Ed & Barbara Lee at their place in Seaside. It was so fun to be with Edmonds friends on our trip.

We spent our first night in Westport.  During the night and in the morning, it was very windy and stormy.  The wind was strong and the first picture shows the water coming up over the breakwater.  The Grays Harbor Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Washington.