We perused the list of walks in the Redwoods National Park, decided on one that started at the Big Tree Wayside. Once we found it (that took a u-turn) we stopped for a photo at the Big Tree.
There were lots of trails, we decided on one we thought was a loop trail, the Cathedral Trees trail, but turned out not to be. It was a beautiful walk, plenty to see. There were twists and turns, ups and downs, and lots of stepping over roots and rocks. We saw not only Redwood trees, but lots of ferns and clover ( I was amazed at all of the clover ).
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| Yes, that is Darrell standing at the base of that tree. |
Plus we encountered a few Banana Slugs and Snails, too.
It was a lot of fun - until we got lost. There was very little signage and we had no map and no internet service. We encountered a runner and told him we were lost. He had a map and gave us some directions. We headed out that way and got lost again. I got very frustrated and tired, and thirsty. We eventually encountered the same runner again. He gave us directions again, we even took a picture of his map. And we got lost again. We ended up back in the same spot where we first met the runner, which was near the road. So, Darrell walked back to the pickup on the road (scarey, because there were no shoulders) and I walked to the Prairie Creek Visitors Center in hopes of water.
I got a little worried that it took him so long to get back to me. I began to think he'd been run over on the road. But, he finally showed up, safe and sound (he had stopped to take pictures ! ). We made our complaints to the staff there and they agreed the signage was horrible and they've been trying to get it fixed. They gave us a complaint form.
I got my passport stamped, bought some stickers and then we were off, headed south again.
We love this park though.
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