Redwood National Park

Sam and I are on a roadmap down to Santa Monica to pick up Mak as he has finished his Freshman year … OMG , where does time go! I wanted to drive through the Redwoods again, which is a longer route, but so worth the journey! I got my official stamps at the Hiouchi Visitor Center and then we walked amongst the tallest tress in the world at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Grove. My favorite part of this adventure was actually driving the Redwood Highway South on the 101 and passing through quaint little towns and parks with massive trees. I was awestruck. If you have the time, it is worth the trip indeed!

And from my first visit …

For Spring Break in 2014, we decided to road-trip to Northern California and to visit Rewood National Park on our way. It was so fun to frolic amongst these giants with the boys!

We drove through the majestic giants of the National Park and entered at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park by Crescent City. I am going to be going back this May to get my official NPS stamp and to take some more snaps.

“The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a complex of one national park and three state parks, cooperatively managed, located in the United States along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park (established 1968) and California's State Parks: Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek (dating from the 1920s), the combined RNSP contain 139,000 acres (560 km2), and feature old-growth temperate rainforests. Located within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, the four parks, together, protect 45 percent of all remaining coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) old-growth forests, totaling at least 38,982 acres (157.75 km2). These trees are the tallest, among the oldest, and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. In addition to the redwood forests, the parks preserve other indigenous flora, fauna, grassland prairie, cultural resources, portions of rivers and other streams, and 37 miles (60 km) of pristine coastline.”