ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hello everybody, just thought I would pop in to share some of the pictures from my recent excusrsion through WA, OR, and NorCal. We wanted to go to San-Franscisco, but it would have cost a little more money than we were comfortable with, so we decided to nix it and stick to the Pacific Coast Hwy, Redwood Forest, the Lava Beds, Klamath upper and lower Wildlife Refuges, and Crater Lake. A small tidbit of info that many people may not know, if you want to visit state/national parks, and you happen to go in the winter, the rates and fees are often highly discounted, or even free. My wife and I visited 4 national parks, and all but 1 was free of charge in the winter months. The pix are in order of the trip, and are numbered. If you would like High-Res photos, PM me with your email and I would be happy to oblige. :) I apologize in advance for the excessive photos of my truck, but this post is cross posted on the Ram Forum. It took me about 5 hours to resize/upload and get this post coded, so I really only wanted to do it once...and being that we are all enthusiasts here, I figured noone would mind anyway. Pacific Coast Hwy/Oregon and CA coast: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 31 32 33 34 The Redwood Forest 35 36 37 38 39 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 41 42 43 44 45 46 ^Your's Truly...Even though I dont drive a Hybrid, I can still be a tree hugger. LOL. 47 48 49 ^Me and the mutt. Marv picked up 3 ticks in the woods that day. Luckily I found and extracted them before they bit. 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 51 52 53 54 Scenery between Fortuna, CA and Redding, CA: 55 56 57 58 59 60 ^Marv wanted some Dr. Pepper from Subway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 61 62 63 This next set of pix were taken at a small tourist trap called "Tour Thru Tree. You pay $5 and drive your vehicle through a redwood tree. Its very harrowing in a vehicle the size of the Ram. Of course, I had to have a go :D : 64 65 66 67 68 69 ^What? I was good...I had a half an inch on each side :D . 70 ^Mt. Shasta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Klamath National Wildlife Refuge--Klamath Falls, OR 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenore Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hey Josh, glad you are enjoying the trip...I love your picture of that coastal highway bridge...Those were all constructed during the WPA days of the Great depression, they are so unique and classics in themselves. Hope you are enjoying yourself....Thank you for your service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 81 82 83 84 85 The Lava Beds National Park, Tulelake, CA: 86 87 88 89 90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 ^That is an ACTUAL volcano's insides....creepy huh? 119 120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Crater Lake National Park-Oregon: 128 129 130 ^These 3 pix were taken on the way to Crater Lake from Klamath Falls, Oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 Crater Lake gets ALOT of snow every year...its early in the snow season yet and they already have 12+feet at the summit (~6500ft). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 ^They had to clear 4 feet of overnight fresh snow and 6 avalanche's from the road to the summit. 148 149 150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 161 162 163 164 ^The view of the Klamath Valley from 6,400 feet. 165 166 167 ^Fuel Economy on the way down the mountain :D 168 ^The view at the bottom :) 169 ^The ACTUAL average MPG of the truck on the hwy. :D 168 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 The Journey Home-Southcentral Oregon: 169 170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 171 172 On the way home, we stopped at a place in Winston Oregon, called Wildlife Safari. It was pretty incredible. I will let the pix tell the story, but its basically a drive-thru exotic zoo. 173 174 175 These stupid Emu's were horrible. There was one that would not stop harassing people in their cars 176 177 178 ^He's comin for us... 179 180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 ^Heh, Its a Ram. :P 190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 201 202 ^That is a black swan, a very rare bird from what I gather. 203 204 205 206 207 And lastly, when we left Joe's Crab Shack in Portland last night around 930pm, I looked down and saw this: Almost caught the rollover...damn. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyofOne Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Sorry there are so many pix of my truck, but this is cross posted on RamforumZ.com and it took 5 hrs to upload and post...NOT doing it 2x lol...copy and paste FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Josh, This is fantastic, Just like taking the trip myself :) This is just what I like with my morning coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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