10.18.13 : ruby beach.

The last day of my trip was a bittersweet one to say the least. It's impossible for me to adequately put into words the emotional changes I went through over the course of the time it took me to make my way from San Diego up to Vancouver. In between the legs of my journey, I left San Diego for good, saying goodbye to the almost four years of friendships and memories I'd made there. I can't think of a better way to have ended it than with the trip I unexpectedly embarked on up the coast.

Every day behind the wheel helped to grow my confidence in myself and being alone on such an ambitiously unplanned journey. For every moment of loneliness I felt, I had at least twenty more moments of intense happiness and gratefulness at my surroundings and the ability to be witness to the ever-changing scenery around me.

I've got one more special blog post coming from my last moments on the beach. For now, here are the last photos from my journey up the coast.

10.16.13 : north bend.

My days in North Bend, WA were a much needed laid back escape from my trip since I was staying with friends, but I did get to go out and explore a little bit with my friend Sarah. My favorite spot was probably the Salmon Fish Hatchery we went to. I grew up visiting fish hatcheries, and seeing the salmon jumping (unsuccessfully) was pretty cool and brought back a lot of fun memories. I would love to get back up to that area and have the time to thoroughly explore all the little towns in that area. There's so much uniqueness in that area that I could probably spend months and not get to everything I'd like to see.