Wednesday, June 4, 2025
May 25 was a drive day for us. We were up early, made a trip to Fred Meyers for some supplies, returned to the Blue Heron for breakfast and were on the road. We followed Highway 101 down the remainder of the Oregon coastline and drove about five miles into California to spend the night. The drive was beautiful. The azaleas and most of the other flowers were in full bloom so we couldn’t resist taking more pictures even though we already had plenty. There were also a lot of coastline pictures since the Oregon and California coasts as so different from the Gulf coast.
Monday morning, May 26, Memorial Day, we were up and rolling toward the Redwoods National and State Parks at 6:00am. We knew there would be holiday crowds later in the day and we wanted to avoid that if possible. The last portion of the road was unpaved, narrow, and sort of rough, but BB was fine. When we arrived at the trail head for the Grove of Titans there were very few cars. We were amazed as we hiked up the mountains enjoying the beautiful, huge redwoods and all the other foliage. We sure live in a beautiful country. We feel so blessed to be able to travel and see the wonderful places that God has provided. We only saw one other couple on our way into the forest and four people on the way out. Such a peaceful, amazing hike. When we returned to BB the parking lot was getting tight. So glad we gave up a little sleep this morning.
From the Titans, we drove to the National Park Headquarters to get our Passport stamped and get suggestions for what to do the rest of the day. As recommended by the staff, we headed a little further down the 101 to a spot where we should have been able to see some whales and their babies. Unfortunately, we didn’t get very far. As we were driving, a man ran out from the side of the road toward BB, acting strangely. He stopped just before entering the road and threw a rock at the van. Fortunately, it did not hit the front side window. It did hit the back passenger side glass and destroyed the window. Glass everywhere including the bed. It could have been much worse because the rock (we still have it) could have severely injured Anne. We of course pulled off the road. The police said there was nothing they could do for us or the man unless we made a citizen’s arrest, and would agree to return to California whenever the case goes to court. The police did tell us how to get to Home Depot to get what we needed to make some temporary repairs to BB and we decided we didn’t need to be in California any longer. It is very sad that in this country we cannot get mentally ill people the help they need. Police said it would take probably 4 more incidents such as ours before they could do anything. We pray that the man is not injured or killed or hurts someone else before he gets the help he needs.
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