I just thought that post title might be catchy enough to annoy you all. Great host, aren't I?
Matt and I have settled on our summer vacation plan. In the last week of July, we're going to head across Oregon to Crater Lake National Park. Both of us have been through there before, but never had much time to stop and explore. From there we'll head overland to the Medford area and take one of those nausea-inducing little highways to the coast.
We'll catch up with Highway 101 and follow it to Redwoods National Park, a place that I have always wanted to see. I may never want to leave, and I'll likely have splinters in my arms from hugging all those trees. (Aside: I'm generally pro-logging and have actually worked in the industry back in the old days when they still did that, but the Redwoods are awfully special.)
We'll continue down the coast a bit and then hit a little highway back inland. We go through the town of Willow Creek, where there was a famous Bigfoot sighting in 1967. Matt is a huge Bigfoot devotee, so a stop will be necessary there. Then it's onward to Redding and north to Mount Shasta.
From there, we head north and back east to home. Whew...sounds like a lot to see, but I'm excited already!