I have since left the coastal redwoods behind and crossed into the great state of Oregon . Its my 21st state. I loved biking along the California coast, but it felt really good to be in another state. I guess it always feel good to cross state lines on a bike, but I was in CA for a while. The Atlantic on the Cape in the summer seems like a bathtub compared to the Pacific here.
Waves come all the way across the Pacific and pound the shore.
The constant wave action erodes the shore in some places and leaves some sea stacks surrounded by water, remnants of the old shoreline. There are even rock arches that the waves have carved out. It makes for a very rocky shore with lots of nooks and crannies for tidepools and kelp beds with thriving sea life . Waves Rolling In. Carved Out by Waves Lighthouse in Distance Sea Lions in Huge Cave One really cool place is the sea lion caves near the town of Florence in southern Oregon.