It's been a few weeks since our travels took us to California and back. I still can't believe that we can drive to California in eight hours from where we live! It's amazing. California always feels really homey to me when I'm there - the whole west coast, really - feels like that.
We left for the Redwoods on a Thursday night right after work and drove to southern Oregon. We woke up in the morning and drove just a few more hours into California and then to the Redwoods National and State Parks - it's sort of a conglomerate of a bunch of state parks and reserves and forests and tribal lands and the national park.
The coast was so beautiful. We stopped by this old lighthouse overlooking the ocean.
We took a hike down to this foggy, deserted beach. We sifted through driftwood & sea-smoothed stones & explored the tide pools just before the waves started to rise.
That night we raced to see the sunset, but only caught a glimpse of it from a lookout point on the road.
The next morning we set out for our BIG hike of the trip - a fourteen mile trek through the woods, a beach, a canyon, and back through the woods again. We also saw some elk!
The beach was so magical... there wasn't a single person to be seen in either direction.
Then we entered Fern Canyon where you basically hike through a river. I took off my shoes to simplify the process of trying to balance on logs and stones to get through. I was so focused on not falling in the water that I only snapped one picture.
The next day our legs were tired, so we took a short hike through Tall Trees Grove where the tallest tree on earth is located! They don't tell you which one it is but we tried to guess. The day started out foggy and cold (but pretty!) and the sun started streaming through the trees.
Alas, our last night in the wild was spent watching the sunset over the Pacific. It was peaceful and gorgeous. We have so much to be thankful for.
We left for the Redwoods on a Thursday night right after work and drove to southern Oregon. We woke up in the morning and drove just a few more hours into California and then to the Redwoods National and State Parks - it's sort of a conglomerate of a bunch of state parks and reserves and forests and tribal lands and the national park.
The coast was so beautiful. We stopped by this old lighthouse overlooking the ocean.
We took a hike down to this foggy, deserted beach. We sifted through driftwood & sea-smoothed stones & explored the tide pools just before the waves started to rise.
That night we raced to see the sunset, but only caught a glimpse of it from a lookout point on the road.
The next morning we set out for our BIG hike of the trip - a fourteen mile trek through the woods, a beach, a canyon, and back through the woods again. We also saw some elk!
The beach was so magical... there wasn't a single person to be seen in either direction.
Then we entered Fern Canyon where you basically hike through a river. I took off my shoes to simplify the process of trying to balance on logs and stones to get through. I was so focused on not falling in the water that I only snapped one picture.
The next day our legs were tired, so we took a short hike through Tall Trees Grove where the tallest tree on earth is located! They don't tell you which one it is but we tried to guess. The day started out foggy and cold (but pretty!) and the sun started streaming through the trees.
Alas, our last night in the wild was spent watching the sunset over the Pacific. It was peaceful and gorgeous. We have so much to be thankful for.
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