I woke this morning and took my time as my last morning in
my redwood grove of the past 3 days. I
stopped in Eureka at the coop for some groceries, and they had free wifi, so,I hung out there in the parking lot for a
while and got pictures posted to the website.
Then headed south to the Avenue of the Giants to see even
more redwoods. Avenue of the Giants is a
scenic drive that parallels 101 for an incredible drive through the redwoods
for 31 miles. This one is paved, and just a nice relaxing drive. I stopped by Founders grove, and was able to
see one of the giants that fell in 1991 due to wind. It was something else to be able to walk the
length of one of these fallen giants and understand how big and tall they
really are (over a football field in length)
I ended up at Humboldt Redwoods state park for the night
camped between younger versions of these giants. This campsite was interesting, because these are second growth trees. There were a number of the old giant stumps
that had been cut down and like over 6 foot tall tombstones. It was still great to be able to camp just
feet from these redwoods.
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