Day 8: Friday June 13

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Today we are continuing to explore the Redwoods. Our campground is near Crescent City and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Everything in this area is smaller than expected (visitor centers and towns) except the trees.

We drove the Howland Hill Road to the Grove of Titans.

Grove of the Titans

A little farther down the road we hiked the Stout Grove Trail.

Smiths swimming in Smith River

In researching this trip I was surprised to find out that the Redwoods is actually a bunch of State Parks and National Parks all along the Northern California Coast.

Coast Redwoods vs Giant Sequoia is this trip vs 2023 trip. Driving wise we all prefer the Redwoods but walking through the bush we all prefer the Sequoias. The Sequoias have my heart… if I ever go missing that will be the place to check first 😉

Pebble Beach

So so windy

Boy Scout Tree Trail evening hike.

This is the last of the Redwoods for us… tomorrow we head up the Oregon Coast.

Howland Hill Road

Back to the campsite

Blue is our campground and just across the road is Pelican Bay State Prison – that was definitely not on the brochure! You can barely see it through the trees and after seeing men in orange jumpsuits working outside the fire department I did some digging.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_Bay_State_Prison

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