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Fern Canyon
So, here it was, four o’clock in the afternoon now when we pull up to the entrance of Gold Bluffs Beach campground, the first-come-first-serve popular campground. Our chances of actually securing a spot were, at this point, completely nil. Campground full. This was a bummer because we were looking forward to seeing some elk on…
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Tales From The Avenue of the Giants: We Do Not See The Albino Tree
Albino Redwoods are so very rare that only fifty of them are known to be in existence. Six of those are located inside Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Others have locations kept secret to keep foot traffic down near the trees. I thought I was going to take everyone to see one. I had the coordinates…
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Tales From the Avenue of the Giants: Hidden Springs Revealed
Hidden Springs Revealed The first thing that happened had to do with last night. Not this current last night, but the last night before this day, this day of odd surprises. I had made reservations before our trip for last night in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. I had struggled over which of the two…
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Tales From The Avenue of the Giants: The Prelude
After traveling the long and winding Highway 1 off the California Coast, stopping only to eat deli sandwiches in a little overpriced convenience store deluxe in Olema, we realized we were not going to make it all the way to our campsite. We were going to have to find a place to stop, soon, so…