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Day 7: Thursday June 12

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Today is cold and foggy so far. 10 degrees and we are bundled up. We let the kids sleep in checked out of our campground around 8:30am.

Kids completed the Redwoods Junior Ranger program at The Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center.
We saw a few California Condors on our last Southwest trip so the kids found this poster interesting.
Leaving our campground
Pacific Ocean
Saw more elk this morning… at a more comfortable distance.
Kids did the California State Junior Ranger program at the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
We hiked the Karl Knapp trail and part of the Foothill trail to Big Tree.
Another great hike
Big tree
Trees of mystery.

I remember when I was little coming here to the Trees of Mystery. A lot is the same and a lot has changed!

Canopy Trail
Tracy thinking about her dad
All aboard
Pinch to zoom to find Caleb, Isla and Joel
We see Tracy!
Trail of Tall Trees
Caleb misses Grandfather…
See ya later Paul!
Our campsite for the next two nights – Ramblin’ Redwoods.

We got to our campground at 5pm and are taking the evening to catch up on things – dishes, greasing the hubs on the trailer, adjusted the hitch and let the kids run free. It’s our earliest evening of the trip.

Highlights of the day:

Isla: When Caleb blew a kiss at the other gondola we passed in the sky. Also the canopy trail where we walked in the sky from redwood to redwood.

Caleb: Between going up the gondola and the canopy trail.

Tracy: Seeing Paul Bunyan and his ox Babe.

Joel: I really loved driving up highway 101. The big trees, views of the ocean, and winding road was beautiful.

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