big trees and hot weather

So we've arrived...finally it seems. our butts, backs and necks are pretty sore from driving...but well worth the drive! We spent the last 2 days driving through the Redwood forest after finishing off the Oregon Coast. We stopped a few places along the way including one of the largest sea caves in the world that sometimes is home to up to 700 sea lions. We took a rickety elevator down 300 feet into the ground to sea level into a huge cave. You couldn't actually go into the sea cave since it is filled with rushing water and usually sea lions...but we saw some sea lions on the rocks outside the cave. It was kind of cool (sorry Analyn we actually found a cave!). The picture below was one view from the cave. The drive through the Redwoods was spectacular!! It's quite an amazing site. We spent two nights tenting next to huge massive trees much larger than our car...but the campsites were great, the weather not too cool, and the view very amazing! Yesterday we had time to go on a hike through a section of the Redwoods, passing by a tree that had fallen in 1991 that was the largest and oldest at the time. It was around 352 feet long and 52 feet around and possibly up to 1000 years old. It was kind of eerie walking through them...as I feel kind of dwarfish already! Today was our final day of driving...heading down the coast into more dry and arid country...wine country again. Driving through San Fransisco gave me a few frights as traffic was at quite a pace and congested...but Brad pulled us through with flying colors:) Now we are here in Palo Alto...home for the next 3 months. We can move into our place tomorrow...so it'll be nice to unpack the car, and be able to look out the windows again! And it is HOT! Which I am very thankful for, Brad a little reluctant to be as thankful.