After yesterday's preview of the Redwoods, I was excited for today's hike. It did not disappoint. Here we found someone to snap a photo for us as we got…
For our only full day in the park, we decided on a 10mi loop around the James Irvine and Miner's Ridge trails. The loop would take us from the Coastal Redwood…
We quickly found ourselves back amongst the giant trees. Unlike the Giant Sequoia groves where there may be an isolated giant or a small cluster, these Coastal…
I find these canopy views fascinating.
Dad's photo of me hanging out in the gaping burnt out core of a big tree. The scale is just massive.
Amazing greenery again today with ferns everywhere.
Entire hillsides covered in fern forest.
The trail actually goes under the root system of a tree here. Seems a little precarious.
The gnarled wood of a Redwood root.
Singletrack doesn't get much better than this.
Coastal Redwood roots are not deep but spread wide. Here they create an interesting pattern on the trail.
Again dwarfed by some big trees.
Dad's photo of me on a really giant chair. This would prove to be a fateful spot. After taking a few photos in the area and continuing on, I realized that I had…
After backtracking for a while then returning to the spot I realized it was missing, I miraculously found it laying off the trail in the ferns. The odds of me,…
Me recreating where a tree snagged my backpack and flung the phone out into the ferns. After the adrenaline rush of losing and then finding the phone, it's time…
The foliage starts getting tight in places as we approach Fern Canyon.
Crossing the creek in Fern Canyon. Amazingly dense, vibrant green everywhere.
And a little muddy in places.
Almost to the coast. Dad crosses the creek just before it empties into the ocean. This area is accessible by tourists, so we see a lot more people here.
One of the more peculiar trail signs I've seen. At first I thought it was a warning not to get humped by an Elk, but I guess it's to warn that they rear up and…