May 2019 - The Redwood Coast
We spent a long weekend driving up the coast to see the redwood forests. We took the scenic route and drove all the way up the 1 - windy, slow, but beautiful! The weather wasn't very pleasant, which actually added to the rugged beauty of the coast. After a couple days up in the Prairie Creek redwoods (pictures here) we also had the chance to visit the Humboldt redwoods, which is an incredibly scenic forest.
We spent a long weekend driving up the coast to see the redwood forests. We took the scenic route and drove all the way up the 1 - windy, slow, but beautiful! The weather wasn't very pleasant, which actually added to the rugged beauty of the coast. After a couple days up in the Prairie Creek redwoods (pictures here) we also had the chance to visit the Humboldt redwoods, which is an incredibly scenic forest.
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| Driving up the 1 | The rocky coast | Waterfalls from the powerful waves crashing over it |
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| The Point Arena lighthouse | Rock structure that look like a ruined platform in the water | |
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| A beautiful red touch to the nearby cliffs | A turkey vulture, probably too wet to fly well | |
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| The Humboldt redwoods | A green carpet everywhere | |
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| You can guess how long a tree has been down based on the plant life growing on it | ||
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| What a tree! | ||
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| A shattered tree | ||
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| Really tall trees! | And a carpet of green | Crossing a redwood over the creek |
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| Not even close to covering the 40ft circumference |