You have got to get to Northern California to check out these giant trees! Great for a family vacation or a romantic getaway -- or anything in between!
Have You Hugged a Tree Today?
If you ever find yourself in Northern California
and suddenly feel overcome by an inexplicable desire to hug a tree – don’t be
surprised. Lots of people have the exact same reaction when they stand beneath the
mighty Coast Redwoods that populate the plush mountains of California’s
northern coast.
But if really
want to hug one of the towering trees, don’t be surprised if your arms can’t
reach all the way around. Those coast redwoods – not to be confused with their
stouter cousin, the Giant Sequoia – are among the largest living things on
earth. The trees reach heights exceeding 360 feet.
Perhaps the best
place to get that tree-hugging feeling is in Redwood National Park, which hugs
the coast in the heart of Humboldt County, about 300 miles north of San
Francisco on Highway 101. The park offers beachside camping and a web of scenic
hiking trails that cut through plush, densely-forested hills.
You can also get
your tree-hugging fix anywhere along the Avenue of the Giants, a 31-mile route
that parallels Highway 101 and runs through more than 51,000 acres of redwood
forest, populated by ancient trees whose branches scrape the sky.
The silent splendor of the redwood forests inspired America’s original tree-hugger
– John Muir. He loved the trees of Northern California, and his desire to
protect them led him to co-found the Sierra Club.
So, in Northern
California, tree-huggers like to remember Muir’s immortal words: "The
clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness."
RESOURCE: http://www.nps.gov/redw For information on National and State Parks
in the area.
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Road Trippin'
This is a cool vid of somebody's road trip out to the Redwoods.