We traveled through barren, sizzling desert, over smoky mountains (literally -- we drove through a forest fire west of Redding, Calif.) and into the cool, dark, misty trees of the Redwood National and State Park in northwestern California!
I don't know if I've seen anything so beautiful or different in my whole life! The trees were ginormous, the forest was thick, and the spiderwebs were ... a glistening creepy.
By our second day of camping, everything had a thin film of moisture, even though the forest has not had rain since may!
The mornings were cloudy, the sun peeked out for a couple hours in the afternoons, and the clouds blew in again in the evenings. And, partly because we came from the hot dry Utah climate and partly because I'm just a wimp, I was cold the ENTIRE time! Brrrr!
The closer we got to the ocean, the thicker the fog got. We learned that the Redwood trees depend on that fog to survive.
I didn't want to leave. I was pretty sure that, on our hike through the thick damp, tick-infested forest, I spotted a vampire or two lurking about. But, maybe I was just seeing things...
And, yep, we drove through a tree!
I find the ocean so mesmerizing. It's like therapy.
Ben might need therapy after spending a week with nobody but ME!
Ben might need therapy after spending a week with nobody but ME!
Maybe it's just the ticks getting to him ...
Breakfast before packing up on the last day ...
Happy trails to you!
4 comments:
that looked like great fun!
Too bad both of you looked a little...constipated...
By the way, the pictures are awesome!
I love the mist and fog.
Maybe I'll live there. In the woods. Alone.
Hey, I'm glad to see that your blog has been updated! So, I'm way jealous that you went to see the red woods...Jeff wants to do that next summer...long drive?
Oh, and I never saw the article you wrote about Aunt Susan. Is it out there somewhere?
You guys look darling! Good for you!
Sounds like a fun trip! Did you camp the whole time?
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