mdvaden
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For you then, until you return, I'll try to keep the stream of memories refreshed. Aside from that I simply love the redwood forest, I try to leave each trip with enough images to share maybe a new one every other day or so on FB or forums.
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Well ... I heard that these guys who started Water-Witching were the ones who first developed the stick method for measuring trees.. (snicker, snicker ... just kidding)
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Are the stick and clinometer methods reliable on sloped terrain? .... ...
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Purple Beech Giant Sequoia Black Tupelo ....
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An Avenue of the Giants photo I posted to FB today ... but a tad bit bigger for Arbtalk ...
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From Oregon Scientific ... Office is not even 10 miles south of my location. ... Made in Oregon
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What additions would you like to see on Arbtalk
mdvaden replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Maybe a section on Redwoods ... Ho, ho, ho ... Ha !! Should have seen that one coming, Steve ! That's okay ... know you can't cover every base. Great site though. -
Stout Grove .... serene ... riverside to the Smith River ...
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Was first doubting that it is Scots ... but maybe. One book I have Trees of North America and Europe, says the cones can reach the size shown in your photo. Typically, I see cones much smaller. But if the cones can get that large ... then sounds realistic. Was thinking Pinus pinea for a moment, then photo samples of that online had me thinking not. ....
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No HDR ... Although I did use a bit of Lightroom to work on the black, shadow, highlights and whites. ..
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Sure like this photo. Next to a Douglas Fir. Man from Canada hanging out in Prairie Creek redwoods, while his girlfriend runs for a few hours on some trails to the ocean side and back.
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About 17cm to 35cm of snow in our area, locally and an hour or two out from here in the low elevations. Snow ... and today freezing rain on top of it. It's not unusual to have a winter here with no snow accumulating. So this is a lot of snow for the north Oregon area.
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The one place that sometimes feels like a "blur of huge trees" is on Hy. 101 just before Crescent City, because the speed limit of 55 mph to 65 mph keeps the forest moving by at a pretty good clip unless I pull over. Here's a sideways look from the Howland Hill Road in Jedediah Smith through some Bigleaf Maple ...
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It may be in the thread already, but did you make it to Howland Hill Road that passes through Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park? Not the paved Hy. 199, but the other dirt road.
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Here's one from the set taken vertically. Put this on Facebook this morning and it got 15,000 views in just 3 hours.
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Someone in Humboldt County, California, requested some redwood photos for something ... and here's one of the photos from today. The sun came out too bright, very early, so we improvised and used a few locations in Prairie Creek redwoods I haven't utilized much before.
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If it's possible, and probably is, I'm guessing you can buy yourself and extra day over here if you plan your driving to miss the rush-hour traffic to get to your destinations. And near the Giant Sequoias, if you go there, or Yosemite, if you can avoid Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and visit on weekdays, that may gain you a half day and a better time. In the Coast Redwoods, the best parks between like Garberville and Crescent City, rush hour will barely be a factor. In the Coast Redwoods, it's a shame to spend less than 2 days, not including travel. It's similar with the Giant Sequoia tree too. Not sure whether San Francisco is worth a day or three. I'm not much of a city person, and sometimes one day passing through makes me happy. You taking an RV, or driving a car. RVs are cool in one way, but seem sluggish compared to the quick and easy option of rental cars and getting in and out of motels.
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Orchard Ladders ... what Brands U got there, likes & dislikes
mdvaden posted a topic in General chat
Curious what brands / models of orchard ladders are popular or for sale over in your area. Anything particular you found that you like or don't like about certain brands or models? -
There is an awesome looking Salamander in the Coast Redwoods, but they are not common to see ... not like how Banana Slugs are frequently seen. Giant Salamander.
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Don't think I've posted this one yet in this thread. Jedediah Smith Coast Redwood Park, Hy. 199 a few miles from Hy. 101
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Several people who have spent a lot of time in both Giant Sequoia and Coast Redwood, have shared that the Coast Redwood forest is the more awesome feeling ... on average. But they love both. If you want Coast Redwoods north of SF, it would mean a good, maybe, 6 hours to reach, say, Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The scenery could be lovely, but then that depends on what weather you were dealt. If the Giant Sequoia are available, bet you will be very satisfied with that, if that's all you can squeeze in. You may not get to see the world's tallest trees that way, but at least many of the biggest.
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Madrone A. m. ... handles sub-freezing rather well here, down to at least 0 degrees C to -10 degrees C . Even colder I suppose.
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There is a point in that. I've noticed that Madrone / "menziesii" can get flaky bark sometimes, but it seems that way on older stems that have some or plenty of girth. The young branches seem a give-away, since Strawberry Tree is nowhere near as much smooth bark on the younger twigs and limbs.
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Before I go out for some landscape / tree work this morning, here's an adjusted version of a huge Coast Redwood in Jedediah Smith park, near Crescent City. Although tweaked, this one seems to lend a nice representation ... This is "Screaming Titans", which IMO seems amongst the hardest to get a really good shot and composition and lighting.
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If you are going in April, and you plan to see Giant Sequoias rather than Coast Redwoods close to the ocean, dig for information about snow in the area. One tour description reads ... The tree below is the Tall Tree or "Rockefeller Tree", former world's tallest, in Humboldt Redwoods State Park south of Fortuna, CA.
