State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • GC1AA06 The Crown Jewel: The Unforgettable Smith River

    One of the other highlights of this day of our trip, besides the Eight Dollar Mountain Road and subsequent mud issues, was an exploration of a section of trail in the Smith River National Recreation Area that lead to the confluence of the Middle and South forks of the Smith River. The hike we took…

  • Flip Flop Fudge: An Eight Dollar Road Adventure

    So, I have recounted how on this second full day of our western road trip, we did not manage to make it to the Gold Bluff Beach Campground before they were all full up.  After doing the Fern Canyon hike, we figured it would be best to find a place to lay our tents out…

  • 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…

  • 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…