06/05: I've Never Been in So Many Photos
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We drove north up the coast some more but again it was hazy so didn't bother with taking a lot of photos. Did manage to get one that I think is OK.
Ed stopped to find a geocache so I snapped a few photos.
Hard to believe but Ed was actually getting tired of all the hills and turns and was happy when the road turned inland and became a little straighter and flatter. Maybe it was seeing a police car, flares on the road and a car down an embankment that made Ed tire of the coastal road.
Avenue of Giants is a section of the old highway 101 that runs pretty much parrallel to the freeway (the new highway 101). The road gets it name from the many groves of redwoods that the road passes thru.
Ed and I are in a lot of the photos today to help show the size of the trees. Here I'm taking a photo. The photo on the right is of some burls on a redwood.
The Dyerville Giant, stood here for as long as 1600 years, was 362 feet tall and was considered the tallest tree in the park before it's fall on March 24, 1991. taller, larger and older than any other tree around it. The redwood’s crash to the ground moved the earth so much that it registered on a nearby seismograph and one local, who heard the impact from half a mile away, thought a train had crashed. Ed standing by the roots.
Looking down the Dyerville Giant.
Redwoods are amazing trees. They can suffer damage from a fire and still survive. This tree is still alive.
Me in front off the Founders Tree and looking up the Founders Tree.
Seen enough photos of trees?
Bridge over the Eel River.
Didn't see a lot of flowers today ---- just trees and ferns in the Redwood Forest.
An old store in Redcrest.
Ed stopped to find a geocache so I snapped a few photos.
Hard to believe but Ed was actually getting tired of all the hills and turns and was happy when the road turned inland and became a little straighter and flatter. Maybe it was seeing a police car, flares on the road and a car down an embankment that made Ed tire of the coastal road.
Avenue of Giants is a section of the old highway 101 that runs pretty much parrallel to the freeway (the new highway 101). The road gets it name from the many groves of redwoods that the road passes thru.
Ed and I are in a lot of the photos today to help show the size of the trees. Here I'm taking a photo. The photo on the right is of some burls on a redwood.
The Dyerville Giant, stood here for as long as 1600 years, was 362 feet tall and was considered the tallest tree in the park before it's fall on March 24, 1991. taller, larger and older than any other tree around it. The redwood’s crash to the ground moved the earth so much that it registered on a nearby seismograph and one local, who heard the impact from half a mile away, thought a train had crashed. Ed standing by the roots.
Looking down the Dyerville Giant.
Redwoods are amazing trees. They can suffer damage from a fire and still survive. This tree is still alive.
Me in front off the Founders Tree and looking up the Founders Tree.
Seen enough photos of trees?
Bridge over the Eel River.
Didn't see a lot of flowers today ---- just trees and ferns in the Redwood Forest.
An old store in Redcrest.