Kit and Carol on the Road

By the time we got our errands done in Eugene on Friday--and found a DR for Kit--it was mid afternoon so we decided to forget driving to the coast-- and since it was pouring down rain we headed to Valley River Mall to do some walking. But instead we found that we arrived minutes before a showing of AVATAR (3D) so we canned the walking and went to the movie. Awesome.! We were quite surprised when we exited that it was 3 hours later. So we headed to the new county campground at Armitage Park which is reasonable close to Valley River--and had a late dinner.
Saturday we checked out the Junction City Camping World and then headed to the coast on a very back way (HWY 36) through Triangle Lake and Deadwood and Swisshome and places like that. Driving through the coast range with the mountains wrapped by clouds reminded me of the sky mountains in the movie.
Landed at Sunset Bay campground and got in a hike up to Shore Acres (photo in separate post) before dark. Sunday we went only as far south as Harris Beach. I was bummed out because I thought the quilt shop in Port Orford would be closed. It wasn't! So I got fabric!
Tonight we have finally made it as far as California. The predicted rain never showed and the wind didn't pick up until about the time we arrived here in Fortuna (south of Eureka). We like this place because of great walking (despite the wind) and the fact that there is a brewpub with great food just around the corner. Tomorrow we hope to be in Calistoga. It has been in the 60's since we arrived on the south coast but still gray.