Blogs from Redwood National Park, California, United States, North America - page 3

Today, I head for California, one of the most mythic places in the country, if not the world. The state has always represented miraculous opportunity, from the gold rush of the 1850s to the movie industry of the 1920s to internet entrepreneurs of today. The list of superlatives is long; the one I love is that the state GDP ranks among the ten largest COUNTRIES of the world. This is one big state. Smith River Canyon From southern Oregon, there are two main ways into California. The first is the drive along I 5, which I saw three days ago after rafting (see ). The other is US 199 which my guidebook describes as narrow, twisty, and difficult. The description is accurate. The highway starts in the Rou... read more

The Avenue of The Giants...and they weren't kidding!! Words can not describe this experience...so enjoy the pics..... Ok, I can't help myself...it was amazing! These trees make a person feel like a speck of dust in a sandstorm! It was an experience I will never forget, the forest air was slightly sweet and earthy, here and there a ray of sunlight pierced through the heavy canopy and lit up the ground where baby giants are making a start in the race for life. The bark is surprisingly soft and feels a little moist and hollow (noticed this as I was on a little tree hugging expedition), it's amazing to think just how strong these trees are, they do not grow deep roots but instead grow support branches that keep them balanced. (just a little sideline fact..) ... read more

This was our first trip after moving to Sacramento..I love the whole experience here and that there is something new to do and places to go. We were in the Forest and then all of a sudden there was the Pacific Ocean and then back to the forest..Just amazing...... read more

Nous avons quitté ce décors de conte moderne avec ces chevaliers harnachés a leur cheval de guerre, protégés par leur cotte de mailles, leur cuirasse de fer armé de tout leur courage pour affronter les pentes de dame nature. On se croyait revenu au temps des croisades; il est loin le temps ou je descendais les pistes d'Avoriaz avec mon VTT Lapierre et mes 26 vitesses et peut être un casque je m'en rappelle plus. La traversée de la frontière vers les USA a été plus compliquée et longue que prévue. C'est décidemment jamais simple de passer chez nos voisins Yankees. Notre compagnie Horizon Airlines a eu quelques problèmes pour ouvrir la porte des bagages... Après 3 heures d'attente, ils ont du forcer la porte et donc... impossible de repartir avec une porte ouverte vous ... read more

We have arrived in Redwood NP on Saturday, June 26th. We will go out sightseeing today so you will have to wait until next post for the pictures. All the campsites in the lower half of the park were full so we are in a private campground Kamp Klamath between the upper and lower park. We left Sequoia and traveled to Yosemite and spent the night just outside the park at Bass Lake. Yosemite was great, the falls, streams and Half Dome. We went biking up to Half Dome, ate lunch by the stream and picked up some of the gold looking flakes in the stream. Carol is the keeper of the gold and we are going to try and trade them for some gas. On June 25th we traveled across California thru San Francisco and ... read more