Giant Trees

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6/28/2008

This day the highway was not on the coast but in the forest. We started to get into the redwood forest. We even drove through a wildfire! The tallest tree was 356.3 feet tall! The biggest tree around was a circumfrence 57.4 feet! The trees were huge and the forest was very pretty. In 1964 a flood devistated the area. The water got 33 feet deep! It wiped out many towns. That night we stayed in a campground next to the Immortal Tree. It has been through fires, floods, axes, and even lightning!

KATIE

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Photos

The Biggest Tree
This tree had a circumference of 57.4 feet.

Fire Damage
The Redwood trees have a natural fire retardent in their bark. This tree has been in many fires but it is still alive!

Comments

[Karen]

What Fun!
Please keep me posted on your trip - I love the Travelblog! Say Hi to Clay and your mom and dad from us. Karen