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[outdoorphotog]

Hi OD,

Avenue of the Giants? Been through there a many times....just fabulous stretch of road.

A bit of a personal back story,

Wife and I decided to visit the San Diego area and got a 2 week spot in a very nice RV Park in Chula Vista, As we were leaving the next day after the 2 week stay, Wife says Where To? I pondered this a bit and said...Lets drive Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) until it ends. So we embarked on a journey on PCH from the California/Mexico boarder to the end of PCH into Highway 101 in way Northern California. Okay...now we are 65 ft long in the RV, towing our little Ranger. We are not the only ones to try this, but what an adventure..hairpin after hairpin for several days, and the coach got dinged on the right rocker panes when I dropped the right side dualies off the road one very tight turn... Many places we had to pull off to let faster traffic by... The scenery was over the top...and being up high with a 8x4 foot panoramic window high over the auto traffic...Wow! I have to say that North of San Francisco was more spectacular than Big Sur! We ended up in Le Push Washington, the most Northwest place in the Lower 48 states. An RV Trip of a life time...Took me several days of working to bring the rocker panel back to shape, but worth the memories.

Do it again? Absolutely Not! Whew!

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Phil,

Holy smokes, That sounds treacherous, I can't image navigating a large RV through the Ave of the Giants with that much length. It is beautiful country though, I haven't seen anything like 101 or highway 1 through North CA and up to Washington. Sounds like you guys had a long and memorable trip. We are driving up to Olympic Natl Park this April in the Ranger, so looking forward to that.

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[P. A. Schilke]

Phil,

Holy smokes, That sounds treacherous, I can't image navigating a large RV through the Ave of the Giants with that much length. It is beautiful country though, I haven't seen anything like 101 or highway 1 through North CA and up to Washington. Sounds like you guys had a long and memorable trip. We are driving up to Olympic Natl Park this April in the Ranger, so looking forward to that.

If you hike the Hoh rain forest in the Olympic National Park, my best friend and neighbor, now departed at 91, cleared that trail as part of the US war effort in 1943...as a Quaker, he was a not drafted but contributed to the war effort stateside. He rose to be the COO of Conoco Oil...

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Reiterd

 

[outdoorphotog]

If you hike the Hoh rain forest in the Olympic National Park, my best friend and neighbor, now departed at 91, cleared that trail as part of the US war effort in 1943...as a Quaker, he was a not drafted but contributed to the war effort stateside. He rose to be the COO of Conoco Oil...

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Reiterd

Phil,

Sounds like a interesting guy and that is a very cool piece of history, Ill certainly checkout that forest when we are up there (never been in that area before).

 

[forceofnature]

Out by the water this past weekend

 

[forceofnature]

Some nice color this morning and again forgot to put the truck in the photo. Sheesh

 

[2020FX4]

WOW! Killer Shot!!!!

 

[rang19ca]

This was sunset on my wife’s birthday, New Year’s Eve. The last day of 2019.

 

[Tracy Bowman]

I could sit & look at ya'll's photos all day! Just absolutely beautiful!

 

[svache]

I was out west a few times this year and enjoyed it.

That looks a bit like my kind of place

 

[chasvs]

Barrel Racers start young!

 

[chasvs]

Porsche Winner at Le Mans 1977.

 

[forceofnature]

WOW! Killer Shot!!!!

thanks it was a great morning.

 

[forceofnature]

This was sunset on my wife’s birthday, New Year’s Eve. The last day of 2019.

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Nice!

 

[forceofnature]

I could sit & look at ya'll's photos all day! Just absolutely beautiful!

Thanks!

 

[outdoorphotog]

Some nice color this morning and again forgot to put the truck in the photo. Sheesh

I rarely have good opportunities where I live to see meaningful sunrises, so this is very enjoyable to see.

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