COAST ROAD CONFIDENTIAL (part 5)

LA Times travel writer Chris Reynolds straggles to the conclusion of a 10-day, 1136-mile California coastal roap trip that began on the first day of 2009. Destination: the Oregon border. Strategy: Spend every night in a hotel on the water-- and keep the cost under 0 a night. This is the last in a five-piece series that includes kayaking, juggling, a drive-through tree and a bunch of cool coastal lodgings