Avenue of the Giants!

The day before our arrival to the Avenue of the Giants we stayed at a "campsite" in Patrick’s Point State Park in California on Agate Beach . Recommended by some bikers Randall briefly met at a look out point along highway 101, we were curious about this campsite poised on a cliff overlooking the beach. Completely under estimating our arrival time, we showed up at dusk with no sites left to camp. Looked great if you had a reservation! Traveling around searching as the sun set, we ended up in a day use area beyond the regular camp sites. It was remote with sounds of the ocean below. The car head lights illuminated the site as we all scurried collecting wood, blowing up my air mattress with the exhaust from the motorbike, setting up tents etc. Not the evening we had intended, but exhausted and hungry, it all worked out just fine. The next day we were up at the crack of dawn heading to see the GIANTS, the Red Woods, along the Avenue of the Giants.

Here's some of what you see on the Avenue of the Giants....

Here's the immortal tree.

Can you imagine the sound of this tree when it fell over?

Seems like such a tiny little road in a great big forest!

After entering the Avenue of the Giants, I knew there was no way I was rushing onward. Randall who seemed to be on a mission of making progress by getting further down the coast, had to be stopped! I fell in love with the mystical magic of the red woods. It was like a Walt Disney dream. We were these tiny itsy bitsy people in the forest of a giants habitat.

As we drove through we stumbled upon the Burlington Campground in Humboldt State Park California which is along the Avenue of the Giants. Somehow I finally managed to talk everyone into camping here in daylight and enjoying the views.

This little old stump was next to our picnic table.

Our campsite for the night

Randall and Austin drove out of the state park to gather wood. You're not to gather in the parks which need the fallen pieces for the ecosystem. The forest ranger who had to charge 8 dollars for a small bundle didn't think he would find much? Wrong! In fact he found plenty and went back for a second load to be sure we had enough for the evening!