Henry Cowell Redwood State Park

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For one of our first trips in California, we decided to head an hour south to the Santa Cruz mountains to check out some of the fantastic redwoods that grow along the coast. These trees do not drop pinecones, and can only sprout from other trees, so the groves of the largest trees are very rare indeed. Our friend Secor was in town, so he joined us for an afternoon of adventure!

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Photos

A tree cookie
This tree cookie is from a fallen tree, the dates on the tree-rings go back to the middle ages!

Joe in the middle
Here are three trees all growing from the same root structure. It is hard to imagine how they have enough room to grow.

Katie looking small
This tree lost roughly 100 feet off it's height earlier this century. The redwoods have trouble growing taller than 250feet because the tops dry out too much.

Three amigos!
The three of us in front of the widest tree in the park.