Giant Coast Redwoods ~ a Must-See ~ 2015

[Taupotreeman]

If you can't get up to the real thing then a trip out to Muir woods is about as good as you'll get. Heaps of outfits offer half and full day tours. They're not a patch on those further up the coast though.

 

 

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[jomoco]

Gerald Beranek, enjoying upper Fern Falls in Jedediah Smith redwood park

 

 

Calculatin board feet no doubt!

 

Jomoco

[mdvaden]

Calculatin board feet no doubt!

 

Jomoco

 

Actually, I think he may be contemplating his next book about Jedediah Smith redwood park. He is putting some final touches on the book.

[mdvaden]

Just went back to the redwood coast to take some high school senior photos for a girl near Crescent City. Here's one of the extra photos taken in my extra spare time. Short distance east of Jedediah Smith redwoods along Hy. 199. Waterfall feeding-into the Smith River.

 

[jomoco]

Elrond's forest!

 

Magnificent shot Mario.

 

Jomoco

[mdvaden]

Elrond's forest!

 

Magnificent shot Mario.

 

Jomoco

 

Thank you.

 

The wet season arrived ... the coast redwood forest and rivers are especially beautiful now.

 

Another photo of the Smith River, just upstream of a Hamlet called "Hiouchi", near Jedediah Smith redwoods.

 

[mdvaden]

One more of the same Smith River, but farther upstream, a couple days later.

 

[mdvaden]

BTW ...

 

If anybody has been through Muir Woods, feel free to add some of your photos too. Preferably as attachments.

 

Although Muir Woods redwoods are shorter and the acreage much smaller, it's still well maintained an en route between San Francisco and places like Avenue of the Giants.

[jomoco]

You might like this article Mario.

 

Sizing up South America's oldest living tree

 

I know you'll love the photos.

 

Jomoco

[mdvaden]

You might like this article Mario.

 

Sizing up South America's oldest living tree

 

I know you'll love the photos.

 

Jomoco

 

The photos remind me a lot of the old Kalaloch western redcedar near the Washington Olympic National Park, before it split in half during a recent storm.

 

Also very irregular and gnarly.