State of Wilderness

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  • Crescent Lake

    In between the Salmon Cascades near Sul Doc and the Hurricane Ridge viewpoint, we stopped here to complete the requirement for a virtual geocache. This place reminded me of Bear Lake, in Rocky Mountain National Park. I think it was the way the mountains cupped the lake between them. I have a picture from my…

  • Oswald West State Park

    So this is one of the best places ever. We never would have gone to this place, either, if it hadn’t have been for Facebook. Both of us “like” National Geographic on FB, and they post a Picture of the Day. One day, the photo captivated both of us, and we were like, we should…

  • 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…

  • 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…