Our introduction to the redwoods
Date: 08/06/2005
Our introduction to the redwoods
Me, beside a fallen redwood
Date: 08/06/2005
Me, beside a fallen redwood
It hurt your neck to look up so often
Date: 08/06/2005
It hurt your neck to look up so often
Many of the trees were hollowed out by fire
Date: 08/06/2005
Many of the trees were hollowed out by fire
Tammy, decidedly skinny before one fat, fat tree
Date: 08/06/2005
Tammy, decidedly skinny before one fat, fat tree
I always knew she was a tree hugger
Date: 08/06/2005
I always knew she was a tree hugger
Hard to believe the Sequoias are actually wider
Date: 08/06/2005
Hard to believe the Sequoias are actually wider
Note much left
Date: 08/06/2005
Note much left
Even hollowed out, the external structure provides nutrients to the top, and the trees continue to grow
Date: 08/06/2005
Even hollowed out, the external structure provides nutrients to the top, and the trees continue to grow
Me, unsure which end of this tree is the top
Date: 08/06/2005
Me, unsure which end of this tree is the top
Now to get down...
Date: 08/06/2005
Now to get down...
Tammy, before the root structure of a fallen tree
Date: 08/06/2005
Tammy, before the root structure of a fallen tree
Awww... so cute
Date: 08/06/2005
Awww... so cute
A redwood root system
Date: 08/06/2005
A redwood root system
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Date: 08/06/2005
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You get dizzy looking up at these things
Date: 08/06/2005
You get dizzy looking up at these things
Tammy
Date: 08/06/2005
Tammy
Too darned cute
Date: 08/06/2005
Too darned cute
Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City
Date: 08/06/2005
Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City
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Date: 08/06/2005
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The green clovers are red underneath
Date: 08/07/2005
The green clovers are red underneath
I swear, from the top those really are (BIG) green clovers
Date: 08/07/2005
I swear, from the top those really are (BIG) green clovers
Redwood forests develop the world's greatest reported volume of living matter per unit of land surface
Date: 08/07/2005
Redwood forests develop the world's greatest reported volume of living matter per unit of land surface
These trees average age is 500-700 years, but left alone they'll survive to reach 2000
Date: 08/07/2005
These trees average age is 500-700 years, but left alone they'll survive to reach 2000
Apparently the camera has a sepia tone built-in
Date: 08/07/2005
Apparently the camera has a sepia tone built-in
I like this photo
Date: 08/07/2005
I like this photo
We nicknamed this tree 'The DNA Strand'
Date: 08/07/2005
We nicknamed this tree 'The DNA Strand'
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Date: 08/07/2005
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A Roosevelt Elk, trying to ignore us...
Date: 08/07/2005
A Roosevelt Elk, trying to ignore us...
he failed
Date: 08/07/2005
he failed
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Date: 08/07/2005
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The entrance to Fern Canyon
Date: 08/07/2005
The entrance to Fern Canyon
The bottom of the redwoods is the top of the canyon
Date: 08/07/2005
The bottom of the redwoods is the top of the canyon
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Date: 08/07/2005
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Makeshift bridges keep your feet (reasonably) dry
Date: 08/07/2005
Makeshift bridges keep your feet (reasonably) dry
You really feel lost in the forest down here
Date: 08/07/2005
You really feel lost in the forest down here
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Date: 08/07/2005
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A giant salamander
Date: 08/07/2005
A giant salamander
I've never seen one so big and heavy
Date: 08/07/2005
I've never seen one so big and heavy
His skin was rather dry, far less slimy than I expected
Date: 08/07/2005
His skin was rather dry, far less slimy than I expected
Look ma, no hands
Date: 08/07/2005
Look ma, no hands
Me, on a redwood that's fallen into Fern Canyon
Date: 08/07/2005
Me, on a redwood that's fallen into Fern Canyon
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Date: 08/07/2005
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That's a lot higher up than it looks!
Date: 08/07/2005
That's a lot higher up than it looks!
The elk were still out, all along the beach
Date: 08/08/2005
The elk were still out, all along the beach
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Date: 08/08/2005
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Date: 08/08/2005
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I just thought that little guy was so darned cute
Date: 08/08/2005
I just thought that little guy was so darned cute
Me, inside a living redwood
Date: 08/08/2005
Me, inside a living redwood
Tammy, at one with nature
Date: 08/08/2005
Tammy, at one with nature
It's hard to believe that tree is still over a hundred feet tall, alive and well
Date: 08/08/2005
It's hard to believe that tree is still over a hundred feet tall, alive and well