US-101 Pacific Coast

After the relaxing days with Aunt Louise, we felt refreshed and ready to resume our road trip. Ironic that yesterday's nationwide high was 94* F in McAllen, TX - our former residence!

We made our way to the Oregon coast as quickly as possible and followed US-101 south along the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway. There were beautiful vistas from oceanside cliffs as well as from the beach all day long. The road meandered with the coastline, occasionally taking us through cool forests. Massive rocks in the ocean were easily visible from the shore. We also noticed lots of hitchhikers in Oregon.

At 9,234 mi on the odometer, we had an incident. First Roadkill. Andrew hit a squirrel as he was coming out of a curve high somewhere near Humburg Mt. He was hit twice, by the front and rear tires. Though he ran slow in life, his death was quick.