While we were over to the coast, we decided to head up to the California Redwoods. The weather was a little cool and we were encountering a little rain as well. We figured we would travel up the coast, take a quick look and then head back to Trinidad. When we reached the Redwood forest, the rain had stopped, but it was still overcast. Here are a few pics I took in this awesome display of vegetation. The trees were, of course, massive as you can tell by this picture of Rob walking next to one of the redwoods...
Mom standing by the trunk of one of the trees...
Mom and I tried to take a full picture of one of the trees, by looking up and taking a picture without getting dizzy. We still couldn't get the full tree and we did get dizzy!
Rob took this picture of me by the knobby tree trunk. The green ferns were just beautiful as well.
Rob checking out the rings on a fallen Redwood...
Rob and I as we were heading back to the car after our .2 mile walk through the Redwood Forest with mom. We couldn't get dad to join us...
When we got to the Big Tree there was a park ranger there sharing her knowledge about the Redwoods...She answered our questions and I learned something new about the Redwoods...A few answers she gave us were ~~ Redwood roots do not grow deep, but go hoizontally and connect with other tree roots and this is how they manage to keep from falling ~~ the wind is one of the Redwoods worst enemies and if a tree falls, many times it will sprout new life and you may see many trees sprouting up in a line just from that one fallen tree ~~ one of her comments was a no-brainer ~~ you don't want to be anywhere close to a Redwood when it falls!
3 comments:
wow! those trees were amazing! wish I could go! I love that first pic! looks like a post card!
It is always enjoyable to go to the coast, but this was exceptional. You took some great pictures.
I am absolutely with Jenna that first picture is outstanding!!!!
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