Locations: various (California/Oregon border)
Today was a traveling day as we went from Crescent City to Ashland. On the way we stopped at
- The battery point lighthouse (Crescent City, California)
- Great cats world park (Cave Junction, Oregon)
- Oregon Caves National Park
- Grant's Pass, Oregon (Dinner)
Overall, about 165 miles of traveling
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| Today's route: 165 miles |
The first stop was the lighthouse. One of the things that makes this lighthouse interesting is that it is reachable only at low tide; during high tide the short land bridge is completely submerged. Unfortunately, the fog was not cooperating and lingered around (enough to remove contrast, not enough to be think and interesting).
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| Amanda and Zach in front of Battery Point lighthouse |
Our next stop was unplanned at the Great Cats World Park. We were skeptical at first, as we were out by Caves Junction (a small town with a population of 1900, and a few miles from anywhere else) -- how good could it be? We quickly changed our minds on the tour; the tour guides were informative and made us almost forget that we were standing out in the 102 F sun!
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| Geoffroy's cats - house cat sized, but look like leopards |
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| African wildcat (looks like a house cat, but with much longer claws and a much better climber) |
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| The leopard brothers |
Here are the lion and tiger -- not great pictures because of the thick wires, but required for the title of the post to make sense.
We encountered the bears when we stopped for dinner in Grant's Pass. The city has a lot of public art, a lot of which has to do with bears.
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| Sightings of ceramic bears in suits are not uncommon in Grant's Pass |
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| Barber bear |
Not all of the public art is bear related, however. Amanda made a short contribution to the next great collaborative American novel
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| Coming soon at a bookstore near you.... |
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