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Road Trip - Part 3: Oregon Coast

After driving for what seemed like FOREVER, we finally made it to Redwood National Park just past midnight. We were so hell-bent on getting to the coast that night that we forgot to make reservations at a camp ground. Oi, that was a mistake. We tried three different campgrounds before saying screw it and just set up camp in the back of the Escape.

The next morning we drove through a bit of the Redwood Parks and ate breakfast across the highway from Babe The Blue Ox.

Feeling the desire to sleep in our own bed we didn't stay too long in the Redwoods. Just as we cross the state line we saw the coolest sign; we HAD to stop and take our picture beside it...

Both Garet and I have been to the Oregon Coast but we knew it is always worth seeing again. Our first stop was at windy Pistol River State Park. We were the only ones who got out of there cars at this place cause the wind was so strong. But we knew we could get some awesome shots. We hiked over some dunes, found ourselves a scenic spot and got naked. The wind was blowing the sand around pretty hard so we had to squint most of the time, but hey it was a great exfoliant.

A little farther up the coast we stopped at a little town called Battle Rock, known for a large rock that was refuge to a hand full of settlers who found themselves out numbered against the native people back in 1850. It was a cool place and the steep climb up the rock made for some wanted privacy from the tourists.

The last place we took pictures at was in Sunset Bay, near the town of Coos Bay. We drove out of our way on a gravel road for a good half hour till we got there and weren't that impressed. Mostly due to lack of scenery and tons of people. But we got out and explored for a bit. To our surprise it didn't take us long to find a trail that led up some cliffs to some sandy areas above the people on the beach. These sandy areas kind of made a cup formation and was a perfect place for some excellent shots... that will remain in our private folder. ;)

A new banner courtesy of our very talented friend David Fleming.  The three of us went on a day long photo shoot over on Whidbey Island and got some great shots.  This one was just begging to be our new banner!  Thanks again David!

Visit his website HERE and see his Flickr page HERE.  Congrats on your 500th Flickr post David.

Road Trip - Part 2: Yosemite National Park

After spending two wonderful days in San Francisco, Garet and I continued on our road trip 200 miles east  to Yosemite National Park. The desert drive leaving the cities was kinda cool, full of orchards, fruit stands, and the foot hills leading up to the park were amazingly beautiful.

When we finely reached the ranger station it was in the upper 90s and we were excited to see the extraordinary scenery we've heard so much about. Holy Shit! The first view we got was so spectacular and huge that we had to stop and take it all in. Needless to say we got naked enjoyed our new back drop.

Before we left Seattle we had already picked out our hike in the southern Wawona village. Chillnualna Falls is a series of waterfalls ranging from 30 -300ft making the total drop 695ft. We hit the trail head for Chillnualna Fall at 6pm and began our 2 hour hike up the mountain. One of the first things we saw on the hike was story book swimming hole complete with water fall and little trout.

 

About half way up the mountain we heard a big rustling around 20ft beside us and to our surprise it was a little bear. Our intrigue out weighed our initial fear and we watched this cub watch us then shuffled his big butt away. One of the coolest things of the entire trip.

Dusk was coming fast when we got to the Falls at 6500ft. We set up camp and had dinner going by dark then played around the fire, watched the stars come out and made love under the moonlight. :)

The next morning we were up early and started our hike out. But not before showering under a waterfall and a great time playing naked in the pools carved in the granite mountain top. We messed around for two hours till we decided to start the hike back down.

It was 112 degrees as we drove through The Yosemite Valley and got to be extremely crowded. We were lucky to have only seen 2 people on our entire hike. Heading out of the park we both agreed it was the most exciting and rewarding hike we're ventured on.

Road Trip - Part 1: San Francisco

What an amazing week we had! Garet and I just got back from a 2200-mile road trip down the West coast. We had perfect weather, spectacular scenery, the most generous friends and a few close calls that kept things exciting.
This entire trip came to be because our best friend Bink is moving to Japan for a few years and needed help driving his stuff home to Stockton, California. So Sunday, July 1st, the three of us set out on our 12-hour drive to central Calie. We were lucky enough to drive past Mt Shasta right at sunset while the mountain was lit up bright pink and doted with snow.

Monday, we got up early and made our way to sunny San Francisco! As we drove over the Bay Bridge, Garet and I were bright-eyed when we got a good look at the city and beautiful bay. This was our first visit, so the very first thing we did was head toward the Golden Gate Bridge.
We played around the grounds of the Exploratorium and the Presidio (an old army base under the bridge) then decided a trip to San Francisco was not complete with out actually walking on the bridge itself. So we walked to the middle, enjoyed the view, took some pictures and walked back.

Tuesday, day three, we had plans to met up with an old friend from Seattle, Gustavo, who we hadn’t seen in over a year. When we got to his pad, a cute curly red haired boy bounced up to the door and introduced himself as Goose’s boyfriend. This was the first time we’ve met Kyle and he felt like family from the moment we walked in. The five of us then decided to take a mini road trip north, to Stinson Beach.

It was a very pretty beach with tons of people, not really our scene, but we had fun climbing and taking pictures on huge boulders in the sand. The next stop was Point Reyes where we drove through some beautiful costal farmland to Drakes Beach. There were crazy wind gusts, steep sandy cliffs and waves that crashed so hard you could feel it inside you. We walked a good half-mile down the beach to a secluded area we dubbed and christened ‘clothing optional.’

On the 30-mile drive back we quickly realized we should have gotten gas before we drove all the way out there. We coasted on fumes with the gas light on for most of the way. Finally making it to a gas station with less than a mile left on the gage. Sure would have sucked to have to push the Explorer around that curvy country road.
That night we went out to a drag show called Tranny Shack. There was a shit ton of people there, far past max capacity. But for good reason! The theme of the show was ZIggie Stardust! Great show and I’m glad we got to experience a club in San Francisco while we were there.

This was only the first part of our week long adventure. We have two more stories about Yosemite National Park, the Redwood Forrest and the Oregon Coast. Lots more naked fun to come.