Day 31 -- Well, according to our map, we are supposed to be headed inland in California to go to Lassen Volcanic Park. However, Daniel and David were so taken with the giant sequoias they wanted to compare them to the California Coast Redwoods. So, we modified our trip to drive up the coast from San Francisco on Hwy 101 and see the giant redwoods in Humboldt State Park (following the Avenue of the Giants) and the Redwoods State and National Park.
After we headed out of San Francisco, we stopped briefly across the Golden Gate Bridge to take photos of the bridge and city and then we headed up through wine country to the coast. The redwoods were very pretty, but not as impressive as the Giant Sequoias. I guess it is because they are taller, but do not have as massive of girth. Thus, it is harder to tell how much taller they are than the surrounding trees. But, you can definitely tell that they are bigger than those around them (and have bigger girths than surrounding trees). We took several of the trails around the tree groves and saw the largest redwood (which had fallen several years earlier).
After driving through the trees in Humboldt State Park, we came to our cabin at an RV park in Fortuna, CA (yes, we did listen to O Fortuna from Carmina Burana then next morning on the way out of town). This cabin was laid out exactly like every other cabin we've had, EXCEPT they had Tempurpedic mattresses on all the beds. That was a very welcome change!
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| Largest Redwood (now fallen) |
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