Westport For A Few Days

Well we haven’t been doing much lately but some of recent trials were a little stressful.  We decided that a few days at the ocean would be a nice way to relax a bit.  So we headed to one of our favorite short trip locations, Westport, CA, near Fort Bragg.

We are already home but we had no Wi-Fi in our campground so you’ll have to settle for this after the fact account of our trip. The weather was gorgeous, mostly sunny with just one brief shower.  I almost wished for a few more clouds at sunset.

The sunsets weren’t spectacular but I did manage to glean a few nice shots with some nice color in them.

Thanks to Steve and Alice Hensley’s gift of a ride on the famous
Skunk Train, we took the 4 hour ride from Fort Bragg up into the redwoods and back on Tuesday.

We were treated to some great scenery as well as loads of history and stories about the train and redwood logging in this area.  Logging began here in the 1880s.

Here are the happy campers in front of their mode of transportation. You see, it really is called the Skunk Train.

On the way home I got to take a turn in the front seat.  That provides the opportunity for some photos right out the front window.

Evenings are all about the sunsets and seeing what we can come up with for photos.

I just happened to have a motorcycle with me and took a little ride up into the Lost Coast of California where there is no highway along the ocean.  There are some dirt roads however and it’s kind of fun to have the coast almost to yourself.

Here we are tucked into our campsite in an RV park on a creek and practically on the beach.

We love to be able to see and hear the ocean from right inside the trailer.  This will do.

And of course there are the walks on the beach.  This is very relaxing.  Just what the doctor ordered.

But then it was time to go home. So there you have it in a nut shell.  A mini travel log of our mini vacation.