Use the links below to a day-by-day recounting of our Adventure in Education

Day 10 ~ Grants Pass, Oregon to Eureka, CA with a rest stop at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Day 1 - Seal Beach NWR to Sacramento NWR

 

The Centennial Caravan forms up in the early morning light in Grants Pass, Oregon

Day 2 - Sacramento Refuge Complex Circumnavigation
Day 3 - Murdock School then on to Klamath, Oregon
Day 4 - Klamath to McNary NWR Washington via Umatilla NWR
Day 5 - Columbia High School, McNary NWR then on to The Dalles

 

Day 6- Portland Convention Center, Tualatin NWR
Day 7 - Nisqually NWR to Ridgefield NWR
Day 8 - Ridgefield NWR and Ridgefield Heritage Days
Day 9 - Ridgefield NWR to Grand Junction via Ankeny NWR

 

The Smith River runs through forests of redwood, hemlock and fir....

 

its sandbars are paved in cobble-stones

Day 10 - Grand Junction to Humboldt NWR via Redwood Coast
Day 11 - Humboldt NWR Presentation and Docent Tour
Day 12 - Humboldt NWR to Don Edwards NWR
Day 13 - Alameda NWR and Lum Elementary School

 

Mike Mitchell decided that a swim would be nice, hmm, the water doesn't seem too cold....

 

if you dash in and dive it will not be too bad...

Day 14 - Don Edwards NWR to Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes NWR
Day 15 - Oso Flaco Dunes and Dunes Center Presentation
Day 16 - Lago Oso Flaco and Bitter Creek NWR
 

 

well, that was his theory anyhow...

 

it's okay, he survived. The rest of the Caravaners are not into hypothermia so we did not join in.

 

Mike and Don examine the redwoods towering overhead...

and on the forest floor were many small delicate flowers

 

A seafood lunch at the wharf in Crescent City, CA