And more redwoods

What a lovely night at Prairie Creek campsite in the redwoods. After a brief morning walk with Jo Jo, I got the honor, and privilege to find not only one, but three banana slugs. Apparently they can be tricky to find but I took the bet that they like the moist forest and the trail near my campsite was the recommended place to search. And sure enough, there they were out this morning slugging around.They're probably about 5 inches long and completely yellow like a banana. 

I made my way to find the Big Tree Wayside, which was a small trail leading up to one of the oldest living redwood. This is probably the most famous photographed, by tourists, and me, being one of them. This tree is over 1500 years old. That means this seed became a tree around 519 AD!?Just a smidge after Columbus discovered America. Wow, and I thought that I was old.

I witnessed many clear cut redwoods where the stump still exists. I have to wonder what the forest must have looked like before the pioneers came through. I also saw a tree that had a striking human body part resemblance. It was slightly off the trail, but I certainly had to check it out, as I've never seen anything quite like it. I'll let you draw your own conclusions as to what you may see. Funny stuff!!!

Even though the sign said no RV's, the park ranger mentioned that this road was definitely possible for my RV. So with the tad of apprehension, I took the Kalamath Beach Road and did a loop along the edge of the ocean. My goodness, the sun was out today, for the first time here on the ocean in several days. I decided to park it on the top of a ridge, and catch up with some business via email and phone calls. I honestly wanted to Boondock up there!

Another view on a cliff showed me a group of sea lions, as well as the mouth of the Kalamath River. The road was a piece of cake, and gorgeous! 




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