The Redwoods.

On the second day of our road trip to San Francisco, we finally (and excitedly) arrived in the Redwood National Forest. Our first stop was Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park, which we found out about on the paper place mats at the greasy spoon we went to for breakfast. Surprisingly, it was also our favorite spot the entire trip (we also went to Trees of Mystery, Lady Bird Johnson Grove and Founders Grove). Driving into the redwoods was absolutely beautiful as the fog was still rolling through the soaring trees and we didn't see another person for what seemed like hours. Our path through the park was a winding dirt road covered with soft red pine needles and a promise that five miles in we would arrive at Stout Grove, one of the most amazing places we've ever seen. We ran along the paths, searched for banana slugs and frolicked through the ferns. We stood on fallen logs, crawled through burned out trunks and yes, we hugged some trees. Lots and lots of trees.

Next up... San Francisco!

On The Road

 

 

 
Our road trip to San Francisco a couple weeks ago took us along the coast and down Highway 101. We planned on it taking us about 8+ hours, as we fully expected to make multiple stops along the way to take photographs. And stop we did. We shot multiple rolls of film, polaroids and Instagramed using #SFroadtrip as our hash tag. We visited Devil's Punchbowl, Heceta Head and saw the world's smallest harbor in Depoe Bay. Dave reduced Whitney to tears of laughter by falling off a log and onto his face at a beach that shall not be named. (Sand is still turning up in the car over that tumble). We had fish tacos and clam chowder at a great little cafe in Coos Bay and munched on almonds and apples on the road. In Port Orford, we found what we quickly determined is the windiest spot in Oregon, as Whitney was almost blown over by 50+ mph winds. Ok, so we aren't exactly sure how hard the wind was blowing, but Whitney's hair was reduced to well formed dreadlocks by the time we got back in the car. After hours of driving, we finally crossed into California and arrived in Crescent City where we checked into the Curly Redwood Lodge, a motel that was built in 1952 entirely from the wood of one curly redwood tree! We dropped off our gear and settled on apparently the only restaurant in town that caters solely to the 65 and older crowd, as we were by far the youngest people there. They had a salad bar. And bacon bits. Whitney however, was devastated to find that they had no baby corn. We finished the evening with gin and tonics and fell asleep to the gentle roar of the Crescent City Harbor fog horn.

Up next... the Redwoods!

#SFROADTRIP: A Teaser

As some of you may already be aware, we recently took a 10 day road trip to San Francisco. We had a blast. And we took lots of photos. While we get our film developed, here's a small teaser of some of the shots we posted to Instagram.

We're Going to San Francisco, Wanna Help?

WE'RE HEADED TO SAN FRANCISCO IN JUST 12 DAYS!!!

There's an old saying that "You can never have too much film." Well we're going on a vacation/road trip at the end of this month to San Francisco via the Oregon Coast and would love to be flush in film for the trip. While some people have lately begun to use Kickstarter.com to raise money for vacations, we think that's pretty (ahem)... ridiculous. So instead of panhandling on the internet, WE'RE SELLING PRINTS! OMG! I KNOW! How excited are you?!
Great, that's what we were hoping for.

So here are some of the photos that we have liked over the years and think would totally look smashing decorating your walls. We hope you like them too, but if you don't and think they stink, contact us and we can probably accommodate any requests of certain prints (even sizes!) from our respective Flickr accounts. We say probably because after all, we are not wizards (unless we can get you whatever you want and then we totally are wizards). 

Oh, and this sale is only for the next few days (ends Tuesday 9/20) because we are going on vacation for over a week and Whitney is going to have a terrible time trying to figure out how to pack up all of her shoes. 

Check out the prints at our shop. And if you feel like it, pick up one or two for that special someone in your life. Even if that special someone is you. 'Cause after all, you're pretty darn special. (Yes, we do realize how incredibly cheesy that sounds).

SHOP:
www.etsy.com/shop/hisampersandhers