Right now we are driving, a couple hours out of San Francisco, driving past vineyard after vineyard. Jeff and I (Matt) are knockin’ off a pack of grade A beef jerky (a road trip essential). It’s hot and sunny, about plus 20. I want to briefly recap on our past couple days:
In Jed. Smith State Park we spent the day walking around the campsite, then drove the coast for a bit, looking for a certain trail, called the Boy Scout Trail. We stopped at a couple beautiful beaches, with big rolling waves. There were a few people surfing at the beach outside of Crescent City. After driving for a few hours looking for this hyped-up trail, we finally found it once we were nearly out of gas. All the while we drove through amazing scenery lining the banks of the Smith River. We FINALLY found the trail and it was so beautiful I can’t explain it. The forest was prehistoric in appearance, with thick, beautiful ferns, clover lining the forest floor, and moss covering everything else in sight. Most of the trees were a few hundred feet tall. The thick canopy allowed only slivers of light to stream down and illuminate the misty air. In other words the struggle to find this trail was well worth it.
Tomorrow we are off to Bishop, California to do some climbing…we are getting stoked to see this legendary spot. The weather is getting hotter, and our tans are slowly getting darker. Holly’s busy lathering us with sunscreen though, so no golden brown surfer-boy for us.
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