Exploring the Redwoods and the Lost Coast

What a wonderful week of sightseeing, laughing, eating and playing cards with amazing people! Hubby and I have never been to Northern California, and it was amazing. We had wonderful weather as well. I was a little nervous that I would be freezing like in Coos Bay, Oregon, but nope! It was just right most of the time. I did wear long sleeves and sometimes my hoody, but all in all perfect.

So, here are the Redwoods. They are huge! Makes you dizzy just looking up trying to find the treetops. "He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers." Psalm 1:3 (NASB)

Redwood Sorrel and a Redwood Sorrel Flower (not clover).

This Redwood tree is roughly 1000 years old and has been through a fire and a historic flood.

Sitting in a tree! Mike (Lori's husband), Lori, me and Hubby.

Lori (my best friend from High School) and I in a tree.

Me, hubby, Lori and Mike

We also explored the Lost Coast. This is a mostly natural and undeveloped area of the California North Coast in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties. It received its name in the 1930's as the area experienced depopulation. This area lies between Rockport, CA and Ferndale, CA. It is beautiful and amazing. Between the years of 1850 and 1875, there were four shipwrecks; 1850 to 1900 there were four; from 1900 to 1950 there were eleven. The coast is very tricky, and you can't always tell where shallow rocks could be, high tide and low tide play a very important part in these shipwrecks.

Before this became a place to visit, walk and hike, it stationed 500 military 

men searching for submarines during the Cold War.

California state flower - Poppies

We also went into Trinidad and ate lunch. 

Had a fun time on the pier and saw Harbor Seals.

Being so close to the coast, you have to be careful about earthquakes and tsunamis. 

This is hubby's interpretation of the guy running away from the waves.

After the fun of the trees and the coast, we did some blueberry picking. This was our first time to pick berries and not buy them at the store. It was fun and the kids out there were having a blast. After picking blueberries, I made blueberry muffins - yum!

Later in the week, we went on a cruise around the Eureka waterfront. This was on a wooden boat named Madaket, which was built in 1910 and then refurbished in 1989. It is the oldest passenger ferry still in operation for tours around the waterfront. Before they built the bridge, the ferries would run all day long taking passengers to and from the islands in the bay. Madaket was their prize boat in the fleet and the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum acquired it after they built the bridge in 1972 that took the ferries out of business.

Map of where we cruised. 

Tom, Tracy, me and hubby.

It was a little chilly!

Old Man of the Sea, a tribute to those who have lost their lives at sea.

I also had a very special visit with my cousin Kevin. We can't even remember the last time we saw each other. We stopped at a Harvest Host farm in Yuba City, California and he came out to meet us and then we went to dinner. Had a blast catching up and talking about old times. I truly enjoy being able to see so many friends and family as we travel the USA, while also making new friends.

We arrived Saturday in Visalia and will be staying the week so that we can see friends and family. More on that next Sunday!

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