Giant Coast Redwoods ~ a Must-See ~ 2015

[Steve Bullman]

South Fork of the Smith River, upstream from the new bridge near Jedediah Smith redwood park.

 

 

Amazing colours

[mdvaden]

Amazing colours

 

 

There are no dams on that river either. Free flowing end to end. Several of the rivers down that way have a nice blue color to the water.

[TreesLogan]

After many years of wanting to go and see the redwoods I finally got my chance last year and took a 3 month trip from Arcata/Eureka CA, down to Arizona. I was hiding from winter and snow. The redwoods are incredible. I head many of them fell down this year, sad to see some of the iconic redwoods fall.

[mdvaden]

After many years of wanting to go and see the redwoods I finally got my chance last year and took a 3 month trip from Arcata/Eureka CA, down to Arizona. I was hiding from winter and snow. The redwoods are incredible. I head many of them fell down this year, sad to see some of the iconic redwoods fall.

 

It was a particularly stormy winter this years. But that probably means the ones remaining are the strongest, and I'm seeing more new sprouts the past couple years. Either that or just paying closer attention.

 

An owl from Jedediah Smith redwood park.

 

[David Humphries]

Mighty fine image Mario

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[mdvaden]

Mighty fine image Mario

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Thank you, David.

 

I was surprised it sat still. I haven't seen one so conveniently in view before. A woman ran the opposite direction, but didn't scare it away. The owl preened itself for a moment, then relaxed and watched us.

[mdvaden]

A fallen coast redwood titan "Lost Man's Fault" ... wrote a blog post related to this one today, about why giants this size are especially rare to find on the ground > Rarest of the Rare - Fallen Redwood Titans

 

[silky fox]

Very interesting.. .

[mdvaden]

Recently visited one of the tallest redwoods, the tallest in Jedediah Smith park. Updated it's page with a few extra photos.

 

New Hope Coast Redwood. Epic Redwood Exploration. Sequoia sempervirens.

 

The redwood below is one of the big ones we paused at that day.

[mdvaden]

A visitor to Jedediah Smith redwood park, from Jamaica ...