While driving up US 199, Heather and I took a turn-off to look at an interesting bridge. Before long, we ended up on a dirt and mud single lane road through a stately forest of redwoods. We spent a couple hours driving through this grand stand of giants with hardly another person to be found. For all the traffic that Redwood National Park gets, I can’t believe that this place doesn’t get more visitors!
This redwood has a spiral trunk. Most have straight bark but this one spirals. Neat!
Monsters above.
Heather on a walking path we found.
Some people walk this trail but not nearly enough. If everyone understood what these forests are like, there wouldn’t still be redwood logging.
These things are just so giant!
If there are such things as Ents, this has to be one of them.
A small river running through the forest.
The Audi making its way along the path through the forest. This is yet another place that the German engineers that designed this car never anticipated.
A bridge over a small creek in the forest.
A small stream running through the redwoods.
Yup, we drove a luxury German car through here.
The Smith River.
Heather took a picture of me at work.
A small river in the forest. The water was incredibly clear and clean.
Primeval moss hanging from the trees.
Giants everywhere!
A tree once fell across the road. Someone kindly cut it out of the way.
Clear mountain water running through the redwoods. This is what streams, creeks, and rivers should look like.
Heather on a hiking path among the trees.
Under a spiral tree.