Blogs from Redwood National Park, California, United States, North America

KLAMATH RIVER, CA REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK They are a wonder and it is great to see that they have not all been cut down. Although some have really been modified. How can a tree survive that much cutting out? We have been inside one huge Redwood that was burned out in 1914 and has a room with a natural chimmey going all the way out the top. Another one we drove thru and the tree is alive and seems to be doing fine. Miles and miles of beautiful Redwoods line Highway 101 as we drove North along the scenic Pacific Coast in Northern California. The landscape is rugged and mountainous and then you glide through a shady calm glen that is populated by hundreds of the huge giants. Jane put on the soundtrack from the Disney ... read more

Life is based on a series of relative occurrences. Let me give you an example. In the month of March in New England, people will wear shorts when the temperature hits a balmy 45 degrees. (Most) people in New England are not crazy. They realize that 45 degrees is not the appropriate time to wear shorts. But when you have just sat through an often dreary three months of below freezing temperatures, all it takes is a sunny 45 degree day for you to bust out those white thighs. Give those babies some sunlight! So when Lexi asked me in the middle of the Redwood Forest, "how much taller are these trees then the regular trees where we live?" The obvious answer was way freaking taller, but ultimately I settled on 4. These trees that we ... read more

On Friday we woke up to a splendid sunny morning and (once again) slowwwwwly got ourselves motivated and out the door. The fun was cleaning up a soiled and damp motel room from our previous nights camping, aka soaked tents, muddy shoes and general gear disarray. We were out the door with a spare 30 minutes before required check out time. Heading into Tillamook, Oregon, the sun was hidden behind the clouds typical of the NW, grey and cloudy but, come on, it's the NW coast. Cheese factory visits to both Blue Heron (a glorified but enjoyable gift shop) and Tillamook were enjoyed. Tillamook offered free icecream at the entry so I(Jamey) was simply blown away, the factory was plugging along and the free samples of cheese where worth the 5 minute wait, most amazing was ... read more

California Redwoods When we started planning this trip many months ago, George would always mention he wanted to see the redwood trees. If I was telling someone some of the things we planned to see or do on the trip and didn’t mention the redwoods, he’d chime in “and see the redwoods in northern California.” Over the course of time he made an impression on me that this was more important to him than I originally understood. I knew we were to visit a few different groves and I have to admit I originally thought “seen one seen them all.” I am so happy we were able to visit these ancient ones and see them in various settings and weather. We have visited them in the rain, the fog and finally the sun. I am happy ... read more