slgwv's photos with the keyword: coastal

A famous tourist t/r/a/p/ stop on US 101 in the coast redwood country of far northern California, about 35 miles from the Oregon line. It features gigantic statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox (leftmost inset), a copy of "End of the Trail" (next inset to right), a Trail of Tall Tales (middle inset) featuring chainsaw sculptures (rightmost insets), and (of course!) a gigantic gift shop filled with all manner of kitsch (straight ahead). There's also a motel and restaurant. In fairness, it's not _all_ kitsch--there's a nice interpretive trail among the tall coast redwoods ( Sequoia sempervirens ), as well as a short tramway to the ridge above the site, from which you can hike down if you want (I did). I'll post on them Real Soon Now. Funny, this trip was in spring 2019, but already seems much longer ago--what The Year of Covid has done!

At the Presidio, San Francisco, an important coastal fortification for around a century. For more about The Presidio see the enclosing photo.