Day 2: Amongst the Ancients

Did you know that when they count the rings of the big redwoods, they figure some of them to be over 1000 years old? A lot are "merely" 400 or 600 years old, and of course there are much younger trees amongst them as well.

After the lighthouse (and dinner) our first evening, we headed down the highway just a bit to catch our first glimpse of the Redwoods. This picture was taken on the side of the road where we stopped and still it's like a Where's Waldo picture. Where's Sam, though. We set out to hike a little before it got too dark.

I am not much of a videographer, sorry. Below, Mark climbed up part of the base of this enormous tree, with Charlie.

It's amazing how some of the trees could be burned, hollowed, tipped over, etc. and still be living, and/or have nearby trees combine with them.

This one was labeled "The Corkscrew." And of course we had to go through the Drive-Thru-Tree (still living, though it had lost it's tippy-top).

So now we're on to the next day. We headed down Hwy 101 and turned off on the official Scenic Parkway which took us over gorgeous rivers and streams and led us to more Redwood hiking and Elk Prairie.

From Elk Prairie, we took the road to the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, which will be my next post though it was still day 2.