So we only spent a few hours in Redwoods National Park and were only able to do one hike because the day was a total washout. On the way, however, we visited Drive Thru Tree Park where our Honda Fit (Sally, if you remember from previous posts) got to do a cool activity herself! We think she really enjoyed it.
Alot of these big Redwood trees have names, this one is called Chandelier tree and is 315 feet tall, 21 feet in diameter, and is estimated to be about 2400 years old. Crazy!
Anyway, after Sally had her fun we made our way to the national park where we were greeted by a downpour and a group of Roosevelt Elk grazing near the visitor center.
We headed up to Lady Bird Johnson Grove, named after the former first lady because of her efforts to preserve the big trees of California. There is a great little 1.5 miles loop hike around the grove where you get to see some pretty awesome trees, and, if you're lucky, you get rained on the whole time like we did :)
Me gazing up at a giant Redwood
Lacey taking shelter from the rain under a burned out Redwood
The grove during a small break in the downpour
More shelter under another burned out tree (Note my new Drive Thru Tree Park hat!)
One really huge tree
So that was the extent of our trip to Redwood National (and State) Parks. It would have been great to explore more, but we were soaked. We drove North through Crescent City and got a campsite on some Forest Service land. We got rained on all night and it was cold, not incredibly enjoyable. Stay tuned for another unexpected and not so pleasant adventure in the frozen tundra of Crater Lake National Park!
P.S. I forgot to mention in our Sequoia blog post about the Yellow Bellied Marmots we saw! They were everywhere and Lacey got some great pics. They are cute little guys, and we figured our friend Scott would enjoy the pics since he really wants to see one.
Marmots!
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