De De and Pop Pop started out the day going to Lady Bird Johnson Grove in the Prairie Creek part of Redwoods. Big trees, but lots more ferns and rhododendrons under the trees and framing the paths.
We then took a longer walk with significantly harder elevation changes on a loop past Trillium Falls. This three mile hike was more majestic and beautiful than the Lady Bird trail (but less accessible).
Pop Pop's agent got him in two pics today (of course, De De gets the photographic credit). We then travelled to the "Big tree" that is 22' in diameter (over 300' tall and 1,500 years old). It is mind-boggling that a living thing can figure out how to keep on trucking for over a 1,000 years (and some Sequoias live up to 3,000 years).
Next, we rode a dirt road 8 miles down to Gold Bluffs along the Pacific coast, and to Fern Canyon. The canyon is very narrow, very tall, and covered with three types of fern everywhere. Don't get caught there in a flash flood, but on a beautiful day (which we had) it is a unique experience.
Turning around to go back to our hotel - elk right in front of us - sweet icing on a very special day.
We then took a longer walk with significantly harder elevation changes on a loop past Trillium Falls. This three mile hike was more majestic and beautiful than the Lady Bird trail (but less accessible).
Pop Pop's agent got him in two pics today (of course, De De gets the photographic credit). We then travelled to the "Big tree" that is 22' in diameter (over 300' tall and 1,500 years old). It is mind-boggling that a living thing can figure out how to keep on trucking for over a 1,000 years (and some Sequoias live up to 3,000 years).
Next, we rode a dirt road 8 miles down to Gold Bluffs along the Pacific coast, and to Fern Canyon. The canyon is very narrow, very tall, and covered with three types of fern everywhere. Don't get caught there in a flash flood, but on a beautiful day (which we had) it is a unique experience.
Turning around to go back to our hotel - elk right in front of us - sweet icing on a very special day.
