California

This guide is based on our slow, nearly month-long stay exploring the redwoods, coast, and everyday rhythms of life in Crescent City. We rolled into Crescent City on November 22nd with a simple plan: spend Thanksgiving week with Preston's parents, explore the redwoods, then keep moving south. The weather in Gold Beach, Oregon, just an hour north, was getting colder, rainier, and windier. Crescent City made sense as a gateway to the coastal redwoods and a natural stopping poin