Blogs from Crescent City, California, United States, North America - page 2

Around Crescent City there are 4 Redwood Parks. Today we explored the one east of town; Jedediah State Park is home of the famous Stout Grove and Howland Hill Road. Howland Hill Road is unpaved and offered us an intimate encounter with the towering old growth redwoods from the comfort of our car. It is a winding narrow one lane road used for 2-way traffic. The maximum speed is 25 mph, but our maximum was below 10 mph. Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and can be more than 2,000 years old. They require a lot of moisture and get at least half from the abundant fog on the coast. Besides driving through the park, we also walked on the Nickerson and Stout Grove Trail. These trails meandered among colossal redwoods, revealing their full ... read more

Today we an easy drive up Hwy 101 to Crescent City. We arrived early afternoon to a wonderful camp site among the redwoods. It has been raining or an on all day, but forecast is for clear skies tomorrow. We plan to spend two night here and visit Redwood National Park tomorrow.... read more

Here are the pictures. The internet at the last motel didn't work. https://picasaweb.google.com/101506993269424417039/Day20?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIXUh-y669jEoAE&feat=directlink... read more

Preparing to leave Richardson's Grove the next morning, we saw about twenty types of moths had been attracted to the bathroom light overnight. It was a good chance to examine some of these interesting insects up close. Since we were in the redwoods, it seemed like logical to drive out along the Avenue of the Giants, a road through some tremendously old growth groves. The floors in these vast cathedral-like spaces were dotted with redwood sorrel, douglas iris, and trilliums. We stopped midway through the auto tour at the Humboldt Redwood Visitor Center. They had interactive exhibits showing the native flora and fauna and the history of the area. One interesting chapter in that history was the saga of Charles Kellog, a man who could uncannily imitate birdsong, put out fires with his voice alone, and ... read more

California here we come! We arrived at the Crescent Beach Motel and could hardly believe what a great find it was. Our room was on the beach with nothing in between us and the water except for some rocks. We had a view window; the sky was blue and the sun shining. We had three days here and nothing planned except to enjoy the beach. The first night it was very stormy. We had rain the next day, but we filled the day with grocery shopping, catching up on emails, visiting antique stores and we also went to see Dolphin Tales which was great. We walked the beach morning and evening. We sat out on the porch just outside of our room eating smoked salmon and watching surfers and horseback riders.....oh and we played a lot ... read more