The Road to California started along the Oregon Coast in Seaside where I found these lovely flowering poppies...Then centre of this one looked so pretty framed in the orange/red of the petals.

Remember getting one of those postcards that said....wish you were here?

What a beautiful bronze of a girl about to fly a kite, was found outside a restaurant called Crabby Sue's in Canon Beach. The artist did a lovely job of capturing the concentration on her face.

Sue has some great signage around the restaurant. One time when I come down I hope to find her open.

We found the tide out, and walked out to the rocks around Haystack and found an amazing collection of starfish.

This one was hiding out in the shade.

One of the many vista points you can stop at along the way. The views are quite breath taking.

The lighthouse at the Coquille River is one of my favourite. This is taken from the Bandon-by-the-Sea side of the river.

Can you see the lady's face on this rock called Face Rock? She is looking to the right...

This bay is just to the left of Face Rock, the winds coming off the water are quite strong at times. This day there were not too bad.

This Roosevelt Elk was watching over the rest of the herd we came upon.

This painted lady in Eureka is now the home for some architects.

The Carson Mansion is now a private men's club open only to it's members. I like how the green of the house works so well with the lawns and trees on the grounds.

We walked along Main Street in Ferndale California and spotted this Victorian business front.

This lovely painted lady is now a bed and breakfast located just off Main Street.

If you look closely at the top of the front of this house you can see large O's have been attached to make the design.

This view is from later in the trip, from Hurricane Point looking back towards Big Sur.

Colours of autumn on the west coast of Washington and the Oregon Coast. Last week I drove down to Oregon to go to the Northwest Quilting Expo in Portland. Before the show we drove down through Washington state. These heart shaped leaves are coloured from beige to red on the same tree.

I'm not sure what these seed pods are but the red/pink colours are almost neon.

This tree has the same heart shape leaves as the leaves in the first picture.

As we drove north along the Oregon coast from Tillamook, we came across this interesting sky, with breaks of blue coming through.

This formation is called Twin Rocks, through the fog you can see there is a hole/arch in the left rock.

This co-operative young seagull showed off his feathers for me.

The different vistas along the coast are incredible, each corner bring a new view to enjoy and take your breath away.

Thursday morning found Haystack Rock on Canon Beach shrouded in fog and mist.

The sign says it all...

These starfish lights are in the downtown shopping area of Seaside, Oregon.

Friday morning the sun shone, so we went back down to Canon beach to walk along the beach.

The earthquake could happen on the other side of the ocean, not just here on the West Coast.

Haystack Rock without the mist and fog, I like the reflection in the receding water.

We didn't try the food here this time, but maybe on our next visit!

This has to be one of the prettiest manhole covers I've ever seen.

Heading home after the quilt show, we stopped in Centralia, Washington. There were several pretty murals in this town, but I liked this one best.

In front of the mural were different varieties of sunflowers.

Some were hiding in the shade of others.

Some had bees checking them out.

Some had a lot of petals.

Some were bowing their heads.

This sign caught my eye, I wonder how often all the beds are full?