Bigfoot and the Redwoods

Yvonne standing INSIDE a burned out Redwood tree

We took our time leaving SeaBiscuit's ranch as we had a few minor repairs/modifications to make besides just wanting to enjoy a beautiful morning. This would be a good campground to come back and spend a couple weeks.

As we made our way north, we entered the beautiful Redwood Forest. These trees were magnificent and kept us in awe. 

And of course we had to make a stop at the BigFoot visitor center to note all the sightings of Bigfoot along our route north. The center had all kinds of BigFoot memorabilia and books on the subject.

 After that we stopped by the side of the road in a pull off and had lunch in the forest. 

Lunch spot

 After lunch we stopped at the State Park visitor center and walked on a path with a bunch of noisy tourists. One idiot family gave their kids a whistle and told them to blow it every 30 seconds to scare off bears. Complete idiots. So we found a different less traveled path in the words of Robert Frost.

There is something magical about this place … absolutely enchanting. So much so we decided to make it a short day and pull into a State park Campground. Our campsite and this park are completely surrounded with giant redwood trees. The road through the campground was very close to the trees and winding through here with our rig was a bit of a challenge. Once we set up I talked with a retired guy camping close to us who was biking south from Washington State to California hoping to eventually end up in Yosemite. These hills (mountains) are very steep and there are many of them so that's not something I could envision doing. By morning there were about a dozen different bikers camping in our campground. I noticed most of them quickly made camp, grabbed something quick to eat and then went directly to sleep.

Tree Hugger

The only priority was to build a big campfire and enjoy our time here. It was so nice out by the fire we didn't even make dinner other than a bag of kettle corn from Trader Joe's and a few crackers. The ground in the campground is soft from all the needles from the Redwoods. Despite our best efforts, the site is not very level but we still slept well. After waking and having a cup of coffee we headed out into the woods on a 2-3 mile hike. A great way to start the day.