Part Two: and then there was the 4th

Thursday we slept in the yurt and woke up to this view of cows and Mt McLoughlin. I could live here:


We took a little walk around the barn/yurt area:



Our friends are great builder and gardners. They built a green house and then planted upside down tomato plants:


They gave me this one:


Not only are they great builders but they are so resourceful and smart. They made planters out of old tires:


I love the chandelier outside their yurt:



We started off the morning participating in the Eagle Point Betty Ann Marlia Run. It is named after my friend Brian's grandma. The Marlias are a well known family in Eagle Point... One reason is because they are a HUGE family. Betty Ann Marilia had 13 children! ... Every year the Marlia's win the "largest" participating family award - this year the prize was a $100 to Hometown Buffet. {I wish I had a photo to show how many there were}


After the run we packed the Mercedes wagon and headed to the Coast.



On the way we stopped off at the Illinois River - about an hour out of the way! It is a beautiful river, so clean, crisp and clean - so worth it:




Then we got back on the road to the coast... Not that long after I noticed that we passed a sign saying "Welcome to California" ... I didn't expect that.  We ended up taking a detour road and headed through the Redwoods:





After our Redwood fun we packed the Mercedes again and got back on the road:



We arrived at the coast, to our Ireland's Rustic Lodge, around 7 ... we were so exhausted from the day we had just enough energy to enjoy the spa on the beach for a while during the sunset. We were so wasted we didn't even venture out to check out fireworks. But the rest was worth it.

... and that was only day 2.