Week 4: Pacific Northwest
Tuesday 15 June
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Steep street up Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
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Golden Gate bridge seen from Telegraph Hill
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Bay Bridge to Oakland, from Telegraph Hill
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San Francisco harbour
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The harbour at sunset
We drove over into Marin County and camped in Mt Tamalpais State Park.
Wednesday 16 June
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Muir Woods
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Looking vertically upwards in Muir Woods
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We drove over the Golden Gate Bridge, back into San Francisco
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San Francisco Chinatown
After a lazy day in San Francisco we set off north and camped in Colusa, CA, next to the Sacramento River. On a sandy beach by the river, the VW sank up its axles in soft sand and we spent half an hour digging it out.
Thursday 17 June
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In Klamath Falls, Oregon, this man gave us a guided tour of a timber mill
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Crater Lake, at a height of 6000 feet, was cold and cloudy
The campground in Crater Lake National Park was closed because of snow. But we managed to find a patch of clear ground above the lake to pitch our tent.
Friday 18 June
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Here I am at our emergency camping spot in the snowfield
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By morning the cloud had gone, and Crater Lake was a beautiful deep blue
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An island in Crater Lake
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Another view of Crater Lake
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Lunch stop at Diamond Lake, with Mt Thielsen in the background
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Another view of Diamond Lake
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We reached the Pacific coast at Reedsport
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We drove up the coastal road US101, passing Cape Foulweather
After driving through Portland, we followed the Columbia River to Bonneville, Oregon, where we camped.
Saturday 19 June
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Bridge over the Columbia River, viewed from The Dalles Dam, with Mt Hood in the background
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Forest campsite, somewhere near Spokane, Washington
We were directed to this campsite by a State policeman who had pulled us over for speeding. When we told him how much we admired his beautiful country and explained that we were foreigners looking for a campsite for the night, he turned very friendly, forgot about the speeding and gave us directions to a delightful campsite.
Sunday 20 June
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Clive with a friend who was being ordained in Spokane cathedral that day
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After the ordination service at the cathedral we drove right across Washington State to Seattle
I forget where we stayed in Seattle – probably with another of Clive's many friends.
Monday 21 June
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Leaving Seattle on the car ferry to Vancouver Island
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Arriving at Victoria, British Columbia
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Butchart Gardens just outside Victoria
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In Butchart Gardens
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On the ferry from Nanaimo to Vancouver
For the next three nights we stayed with my cousins Mary and Bill and their four children, in Richmond, British Columbia.