Monday, Feb 4, 2008

We meandered our way north to Humbolt Redwoods State Park. The Redwood National park is quite a bit further north, almost in Oregon, and we didn't want to travel quite that far. These redwoods were enormous! Most were over 300 ft tall, and it took several pictures to get one all in. The pictures don't really do them justice. It's just impossible to really see how majestic they are until you stand next to one.

This tree had fallen, and you can see how large it is. The bark on these trees is at least 6-8" thick. This area was purchased by a "Save the Trees" type organization in the 1920's from a logging company for $10 million dollars. That was a huge sum of money in those days (not that it's small change now), but I am so glad someone had the foresight to do that.