Roadtrip Part Two: Highway 101

I got up early in the morning and tried to find the rental station. Not an easy task, as it was in Springfield and not in Eugene itself. However, as always there were helpful people around all the time, so I eventually found it. I rushed up the Interstate 5 to get to my first point I wanted to visit on the coast, Newport. Upon arrival, the magnificent view made me having my lunch on a bench. Although the sun was shining, a cold breeze made me freeze quite a bit, so I decided to take some snapshots and move on, all the way down Highway 101. I pretty much stopped at every occasion (that means more or less every 5-10 minutes) to take some more pictures of this incredible landscape.

Sun, waves, wind, rocks, that’s what I saw the entire day. I didn’t really realize how time and mile after mile passed by.

After driving for around 10 hours that day I arrived in Gold Beach, Oregon. I checked into my room at the Motel 6 and felt incredible having such a huge bed in such a huge room with my own washroom and TV and a fridge. I already got so used to be sharing a room this seemed like a dream to me. I went to take some pictures of the sunset before enjoying the luxuries my room provided me.

I got up late the next morning, and headed further down the coast to Crescent City, California. This was my last stop on the coast, from now on I would be heading inland and back up north, as I needed to be back in Eugene for the night. I drove up the Redwood Highway and stopped by at the Jedediah Smith Redwood National Park, where I walked a short trail through the woods. The trees were as big as nothing else I’ve seen before, incredible and breathtaking.

I went on further inland on the Redwood Highway, which apparently is a very scenic drive. Same as the day before, I didn’t realize how time passed and all of a sudden I was back on the I-5. Driving wasn’t actually tiring me, as I kept on looking out for all the beautiful things besides the Highway. I was so excited about all the things I discovered I could have driven back to Canada or down to Mexico that day, however, I eventually passed by Eugene again and I decided that the gas price is a little too high for such adventures.

I slept at the same hostel again and got up late the next morning, in order to have a lazy day in Eugene. I first went to get my train ticket for San Francisco and had brunch at a place called “Morning Glory” next. Interpret it as you want, but I dearly enjoyed a “Morning Medley”. As the train that day would have cost me 60$ more than the day after, I decided to stay one more night. I didn’t really do too much but enjoying the hostel. It was a small but very friendly one, with some people just staying for a night, others living there for months. It was like a little family and lead to some very interesting conversations.

The next day I went to a music festival, together with some Americans I met at the hostel. Was interesting to see some local bands and made me wanna grab a guitar as well and rock out.

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