End of 2010 Road Trip: Day One

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Driving up the coast to Portland on a much needed winter vacation. Made it as far as Crescent City, CA tonight. (Highly recommend Cazadores for dinner, by the way—great flautas.) Two points of interest I wanted to share from today. First, the Avenue of the Giants. Forget Muir Woods. This is where the real trees are. I’d been up this road before, but this time we spent much more time exploring. Second, a tiny city called Trinidad, just north of Eureka. One of the best views of the California coast I’ve ever seen. And by tomorrow, I’ll be able to say I’ve seen them all. More updates along the road as the week progresses. Can’t wait to dig into the Oregon coast tomorrow. My reference iPhone photos here don’t do these places justice. Will have to post some shots from my Nikon later when I get home.