Redwoods Are My Favourite

Saturday, June 18th - Willits, California to Mill Creek Falls Scenic Area, Oregon - Day 127

We woke up in a beautiful valley beside several large fields with cows in the distance. Our destination today was to see Redwoods. Our experience in Memorial County Park, camping in a grove of redwoods, was amazing and everyone was excited to see more.

We set the course for Humboldt Redwoods State Park. You can drive through the park’s 17,000 acres of old growth coast redwood forest on the 32-mile Avenue of the Giants. We had a one-hour drive to reach the park, but time was limited as we wanted to see Redwoods National Park afterwards. Time of the essence or not, we found 20 minutes to spend perusing a farm estate sale.

The Avenue of the Giants did not disappoint. The drive had pull offs so you could stop and admire the various groves of redwoods along the way. We stopped at the visitor centre which had a fantastic museum with a motor home built out of a single hollowed out redwood log. It was built in 1917 and Charles “The Nature Singer” Kellogg drove it across country to call attention to the destruction of the red woods assisting the creation of National Forests. Across the road, we had our mat down beside a fallen tree and ate tuna fish sandwiches. John and I walked a short trail after lunch to admire the trees. The quiet that descends upon you when you walk through these groves is very refreshing.

To be continued....

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