Santa Cruz to Florence tripWell, we completed our trip and it was a blast. We went to Florence OR fr

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Well, we completed our trip and it was a blast. We went to Florence OR from Santa Cruz CA and back. We ventured up I-5 all the way to Sutherlin HWY 138. Followed that till it became HWY 38 into Reedsport on HWY 101. Then north to Florence where we stayed with the in laws. After that we went back down 101 until we got to HWY 211 and west to Ferndale. The next leg was to Mattole road into Honeydew were we found two abandoned Rottweiler puppies. They were cold hungry and very scared. We couldn’t keep them, so we went back into town to try to find a home. With no luck here, Valerie went into an elementary school and opened a class room door and let the puppies in. The teacher was not happy at all, but the kids loved them and we found both the puppies a home.

Then on to Shelter Cove where we got some surf and watched the Ospreys fish while we were in the water. Took a shower under a waterfall, then back on the road to home.

A great trip, here are some pictures.

 

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[ski3pin]

Looks like a wonderful trip for you two! We enjoyed your report and photos and got a kick out of Valerie's creative thinking with the puppies! Your report makes us yearn for the coast and we will pull out the maps. If we may ask, where were your camping spots along your route?

 

[rotti]

Sounds like a great trip but no pics of the Rotti pups?
Glad you found them a home.

 

[RJones]

I really need to get to that side of country. Thanks..

 

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Ski, our first night in OR was Tahkenitch, then the next two was at Buck lake north of Or, that was the in laws, RV park, but in Ferndale, it was the fairgrounds just outside of town. Then my house.
Rotti, as for the pictures, thats what I said, we forgot them. I think we were too traumatized to even think that far. One, we were extremely pissed that some one would do that, two, we thought we were going to have to change our whole trip to help the little guys, and three, we just plain forgot. They were a male and a female. The male's face was all dark while the female had the brown markings on her. They were beautiful pups, and smart. They hung together, didn't go into the river just a few feet from where they were hanging out, and they knew how to get EVERYONE to fall in love with them real quick. Lucky for us we never found the ass hole who dumped them.

 

[SunMan]

Nice pics. You didn't appear to be lacking for surf. Didn't make it to Usal?

 

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Surf was fun, not epic. Usal was supposedly un passable and we kept hearing how there were 2' ruts and all. Valerie did not want to do it on this trip, she would like to do it in the summer with me when we have better self recovery. That my friend means my winch and bumper. Coupled with my TRD Taco lockers in the rear = good times.
R Jones, you really should come visit the west, it is great here.