Road Trip 2013

A beam of sun lights up a tree in the woods.

Along the Ossagon Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. It's about 1.5 miles from the Parkway down to the ocean.

Route 199 from Crescent City to Grants Pass in the Smith River National Recreation Area has many of these "river access" points all with easy access to the river.

It got increasingly smoky as I closed on Grants Pass. I didn't hear about the fires until after I got to Klamath Falls.

The light is mostly supplied by a "Kick" light (small battery powered LED light). The Kick threw a much wider swath of light than my flashlight or headlamp. This was where light from the entrance was no longer visible. I shut the flashlight(s) off briefly here and experienced the profound darkness available in caves.

I had been debating if it was worthwhile buying the $7 "bump hat" in the visitor center. It was. Now I have cave helmet as a souvenir instead of a scalp scar.

This is about as narrow as I saw in the cave. I put the DLSR away after this to free my hands and avoid bashing it against the floor or wall. Caves come much smaller, of course. I am a little startled that the GPS trackpoint appears to be accurate.