Thursday, June 13, 2013

A Week of Freedom

THE countdown has begun! It's just 17 days until we load up the car and set off for our week long road trip to San Francisco. It happens to be over the week that the nation celebrates freedom, Independence Day. We too are celebrating freedom - freedom from work, school and the daily grind.

We say we are going to San Francisco but like any good trip, the adventure is not just in arriving at the destination, it's also about enjoyment of the stops along the way.

We will set off on June 30th and arrive back in Scappoose on July 6th.

THE STOPS ALONG THE WAY...

A-Home.Take off Sunday and hit the open road.
B-Cave Junction, Oregon. Here we will spend the night at The Chateau at the Oregon Caves. Odds are we will arrive later in the evening so exploring the caves will have to wait until Monday morning before we get back on the road. 
C-Trinidad, California. We will stay at the Trinidad Inn. This town is where the sea meets the forest so we will take in the sights of the ocean along with the towering Redwood forests before we set off for Tuesday's Drive. 
D-Fort Bragg, California. I snagged a deal on Groupon for The Weller House Inn, a charming bed and breakfast in the small coastal city. We'll set off on Wednesday morning and make our final push south.
E-San Francisco, California. We'll cross the Golden Gate Bridge into San Fran on July 3rd. That evening we will be taking a Sunset Bay Cruise aboard the Red and White Fleet (another deal scored on Groupon). We'll stay here for 2 nights at the Holiday Inn Express at Fisherman's Wharf. While we don't have a lot planned while we are here, we do plan on seeing the grand fireworks show on the 4th. 
F-Grants Pass or Chiloquin, Oregon. Our return home plans are still a little fuzzy as we may just head up I-5 on July 5th and stay the night in Grants Pass or we may make a slight deviation and stop into Chiloquin and say hi to some friends. 
G-Home.

Join us on our summer adventure as we will make a point to post along the way,

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