Phil Cohn, former head of sales of Rio, soon to be head of sales for Boston Acoustics, posing before he races and crashes. It turns out he races for 40 minutes straight because the race manager forgot to call a substitution pit stop for him! Doh!

July 29: Redwoods and on to the Lost Coast

Mike's travel technology hit a snag. The digital camera battery gave out and we were forced to rely on Susan's disposable camera. Susan will be posting some scanned photos from her camera very soon. Here are a few to give you an idea on what we saw...

July 28: Oregon to California

Animals, lots of animals. And no more internet (hence, the late post).

Here's where we stayed along the Redwood Highway, in Gasquet, south of the Oregon border...no more cell phone or Internet coverage. But real nice, just the same.

A serval (the spotted guy) and Missy (a moody female of unkown species). Yes, Mike wants a serval as a pet now. 

A leopard. 

After seeing so many dogs, we decided to see a few cats. Here's a tiger stretching at the Great Cats exhibit outside of Cave Junction. This guy has been in a movie. 

We took a back way to get from the wolf refuge over to the Redwood Highway. This is a typical Oregon shot.

Susan petting the giant Collie. ;) 

A classic Timber Wolf. 

A blind wolf. Someone gouged out his eyes when he was a pup, horrible but true. The other wolves help him negotiate the habitat. 

A giant collie? Nope. A 180 pound Mackenzie Wolf. Sure looks like he could make a good pet though. 

More cute little doggies... 

On our way to California, we stopped at Howling Acres Wolf Refuge. Here's a wolf howling, true to form. 

July 27 in Pictures: Lava Beds to Grants Pass, Oregon

We did some morning caving and then drove to Oregon...

Susan made some new friends along the way. Mike had no idea just how disgusting these birds really were. And he was really surprised that instead of a chirp or quack, these guys growled like tigers. 

There's antother helicoptor getting ready to refill. 

On our way to Grants Pass, Oregon, we ran into a big wildfire. Click on the photo and you can make out a helicoptor with a bucket beneath it. 

A pelican in flight at the Refuge. We also saw about 10 other species of birds and a coyote who didn't take to Susan' howling. 

Another pic of Shasta...it seems to be following us everywhere. Or, it could just be a big mountain. This is taken from a Wildlife Refuge by Tulelake.