Los Aventuras de Edmundo y Linda

Stopped in Santa Cruz for lunch and watched some surfers ride an amazingly long wave. There were two seals swimming with the surfers and playing in the waves! Arrived at Big Sur’s Phiffer State Campground. Our site was 20 feet from a river! Happy Birthday Mom!

Woke up and did three hikes. One to a small waterfall in the woods. Second to a view of a forested valley. There was lots of huge redwoods here too. Third to an amazing 50 ft waterfall that dropped off a cliff onto an ocean beach. Saw a huge turkey on the side of the highway… wierd. Stopped to see tons of Elephant Seals sleeping on the beach. They are really funny looking! Highway 1 was very scenic, on top of huge cliffs, and very winedy.

Stopped for the night at a campground just outside of Santa Monica. Again camped next to a river but this time it was full of frogs which croaked very loudly into the night. The car has been overheating in the cities when we slow down so we have been driving with the windows down and the heat on full blast… hahaha!

Great weather in San Francisco. Took a sweet historic cable car ride. We got so see some amazing views of the city on the car but also got to hang off the side and ride up and down those steep hills you see the pictures of SF. We went to the top of Coit Tower for sweet views of the city at night. We also walked up the world’s windiest road and explored downtown.

Free breakfast at the hostel! Did some more exploring of the city. Went to the piers and the beautiful fine arts building.

The Avenue of Giants was amazing! Its a stretch of the old 101 highway that weaves through a forest of giant redwoods. The road is literally built around the trees. Lots of the trees were two to three times wider ... [Continue reading this entry]

Did a short hike at Oswald West State Park.  Drove to Cape Lookout campground.  There was some cool rocky beaches and sand dunes.  We could hear the waves crashing all night from our tent.  The rocks would get ... [Continue reading this entry]

Amazing views at Canon Beach of the ocean and cool rock formations (Haystack Rock).  Drove 9 miles north and stayed at a cute little hostel in a beach town called Seaside.[Continue reading this entry]

Stayed at a hostel in an old house with lots of hippies and free bagels!  Explored downtown Portland.  Cool buildings, lots of bridges, very eco-friendly attitudes, lots of people who cycle.  Went to the world's largest used book store (with ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sylvie came down to Seattle with us and we stayed at our friend Joe's apartment. The first night we went to a pub call the "Mars Bar". We had the best Mac and Cheese of our lives there. The ... [Continue reading this entry]

Stayed in Sylvie's claustriphobic appartment. Visited our friends Chaad, Paul, Dan and Kirsten Zimmer, Dan (from Victoria), Peter, and went out for a spectacular pasta dinner with Edmund's family: Norm, Millie, Doug, and Doreen! Played Rock Band ... [Continue reading this entry]

Met up with our friends Ryan Loerke and Steve for tasty, tasty sushi which came in a little boat. We won't be able to take the Coquihalla to Vancouver tomorrow because it is closed "indefinitely" due to avalanches.

Arrived in Vernon in the evening to meet up with our friend Sean Hardy. We headed over to a Rona parking lot with Sean and his friends and built a jump on one of the snow piles there. ... [Continue reading this entry]