08/05: Last Day of Trees
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
I think Ed and I both are getting tired and tired of hotels and decided to camp for a couple of nights (last night and tonight) making today a quiet day.
We're camping in a bit of style --- we have electricity and water and are still camped among the redwoods.
There's a scenic route very close to where we are staying that we told was very good.
Surprised to see a covered bridge in California.
The Smith River runs along side of the Howland Hill Road (the scenic drive).
We were much happier today as the sun was shining. We hike in the Stout Grove and came across a group of people sitting on a fallen tree. If you look closely you'll see someone on top of the root mass.
There were lots of rhododendrons here as well.
The Howland Hill Road was a true drive thru the redwoods. A lot of the bends in the road were to go around trees and there were a couple of spots where Ed went really slow to squeeze between the trees. We had lots of room at this spot.
The road ended near Crescent City so we drove in to have a look around. Look who we found lazing about the harbour. We watched the black shiny sea lion climb up.
Crab season is late this year, but it must be opening soon. A lot of boats have their crab traps on board and they were busy on the dock moving traps around. We seen lots of tsunami warn signs during our drive up the coast. We better understand the reason for them after our visit to the harbour today. Crescent City has been the victim of several tsunamis --- the ones in 1964 and 2011 destroyed the harbour. Explains the pretty new docks.
Battery Point Lighthouse. I think the lighthouse is only accessible by road during low tide. It was high tide when we were there and the road was flooded.
Cute fellow on the pier. As it was a quiet day, Ed managed to sneak some geocaching in. One of the caches took us down this tree lined road.
We're camping in a bit of style --- we have electricity and water and are still camped among the redwoods.
There's a scenic route very close to where we are staying that we told was very good.
Surprised to see a covered bridge in California.
The Smith River runs along side of the Howland Hill Road (the scenic drive).
We were much happier today as the sun was shining. We hike in the Stout Grove and came across a group of people sitting on a fallen tree. If you look closely you'll see someone on top of the root mass.
There were lots of rhododendrons here as well.
The Howland Hill Road was a true drive thru the redwoods. A lot of the bends in the road were to go around trees and there were a couple of spots where Ed went really slow to squeeze between the trees. We had lots of room at this spot.
The road ended near Crescent City so we drove in to have a look around. Look who we found lazing about the harbour. We watched the black shiny sea lion climb up.
Crab season is late this year, but it must be opening soon. A lot of boats have their crab traps on board and they were busy on the dock moving traps around. We seen lots of tsunami warn signs during our drive up the coast. We better understand the reason for them after our visit to the harbour today. Crescent City has been the victim of several tsunamis --- the ones in 1964 and 2011 destroyed the harbour. Explains the pretty new docks.
Battery Point Lighthouse. I think the lighthouse is only accessible by road during low tide. It was high tide when we were there and the road was flooded.
Cute fellow on the pier. As it was a quiet day, Ed managed to sneak some geocaching in. One of the caches took us down this tree lined road.