pics for last entry

 now thats a tree

 hawk eating a fish

 trees fall over the path and make tunnels

 this tree fell on the path and now is the path

 burned all the way up to core and the tree still grows fine

 this one is missing the core

 lots of knotty growths

 trying to show the tree rings

 more growths

 a cluster of about 6 trees that are all grown together at the bottom

 a different type of elk. much larger body.

 sunny day but in the woods its almost dark

 tree bridge

 showing how dense it is

 when a tree falls, some part will just splinter into pieces

 just a network of trees laying every where. you can just hope on one and jump off onto another.

 only the tops get light

 this was thought to be the biggest tree at one point. its called "giant tree"

bones found on a log

red woods , dry red woods, bobby

Today I was able to catch a free breakfast at a hotel. After that it was back into the redwoods. I drove down to the visitor center on the south side of the park. Then I decided on a hike a little over 3 miles. Right away on the hike I came upon a hawk eating on the path. It flew when I came around a corner, but I could see where it went and followed. I came within 15 of the bird and took a few pictures before it flew again. The hike was cool too, but seemed about the same as the upper area.

                There are a few places to see red woods. The places I have seen so far have all been right by the coast and are considered rain forests. So I drove about 2 hours away, to a different park. This one is considered a dry forest. The trees grow taller and don’t fall from rot. The visitor center showed me a small loop nearby, but it only took about 20 min. a guy in the parking lot told me about an area of old growth a ways away. I drove over there, but the park removes all the bridges in winter. I really don’t know why they even have bridges; you could drive a car on some of the trees that fall over the river. After walking across the river, I came into an amazing place. The trees were huge even considering what I have already seen. Not only that, there were fallen trees that didn’t just rot right away. So you would get highways through the woods. I was able to measure the slight taper of the trees. At one end of a log it was a 14 inch diameter. 23 steps later it was 10 inches. This area has been my favorite so far, it seems very untouched. I also visiting Giant Tree, at one time I think they thought this was the largest tree.

                After that I headed out, it was about a 2 hour drive to meet up with bobby yanasak. He lives right on hwy 1. He seems really nice and I know tomorrow will be a fun day with him. 

PS. i guess they do have limit on the pics i can post. so i cant post any more. im not really sure what to do about that yet but ill try to find something.