Today we moved down the coast to Klamath, CA. We woke to guess what? Yep, rain and fog, but when we got into California the sun came out and it turned out sunny and clear; in the mid 60s. It was great to see the sun again!
We are at Klamath Camper Corral campground, a nice place and convenient to 101. After setting up, we continued our travels into the Redwood Park. We took a loop road that went out to a bluff overlooking the ocean. A surprise, no redwoods here, but very nice views of the coast and ocean as you can see in the following pictures. With binoculars we saw some seals swimming around.
Next we headed over to Newton B. Drury Scenic Highway. This is a 10 mile drive through an old growth redwood forest. We parked and took a short walk to The Big Tree. It is the second photo down. This tree is 22 ft in diameter and 304 ft tall. It is estimated at 1500 years old. Story has it some guy wanted to cut it down and use the trunk as a dance floor. It is one of the key events leading to the preservation of these trees.
Here in Klamath there is an entrepreneur charging 5 bucks to drive through the trunk of a redwood. Don't wait for that picture! Anyway, that tells you how big these things are. Tomorrow the plan is to run down the road a couple hours to the Avenue of The Giants in Humboldt State Park. There is supposed to be some really big trees, like giants, in that park. Stay tuned.
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