Redwood Highway

Sept 23/14 Weather cool still;  with high humidity, rain is coming California hopes.  We went riding today through the Redwoods knowing tomorrow might not be good weather for the motorcycle.
(Sept 24/14 Weather complete rain day - started through the night and till 2 pm. ) Our first official rain out day on the trip West.  Nights 53.

 

see how tiny the car is parked beside the trees?

Northern California is a haven of Giant Redwood Trees.   There are about 250 miles starting at the Oregon border heading south which has continuous Groves of the giants. 

look at the base of that one

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is just minutes from our campground so we head there first.

Battery Point Lighthouse

Then we head over to the coastline at Crescent City to see a beautiful old Lighthouse on Battery Point.   See the black dots in the water, there were hundreds of them.... Sea Otters.

Sea Otters

Back on Redwood Highway 101 we head south to see a drive thru tree at Klamath, then Fern Valley and more Giant Redwoods in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.

That is Billy - he looks like a miniature

the base of the trees are enormous