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Redwood Coast Drive Howland Hill Road

Is there a bad time to experience the redwoods?

Published by mdvaden on February 15, 2018

My answer … no.  Aside from rare extremes (which I will explain), the answer is basically “no”. There is no part of the year where a great experience isn’t available. For photography, I tell people that late autumn to June is the best in the coast redwoods, but for this post let’s stick with basic hiking, […]

Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt

If you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all !

Published by mdvaden on February 7, 2018

Early 2018, I was photographing redwoods along Mattole Rd., and a commonly repeated quote came to mind: “If’ you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all“.  I understand each redwood is different, and probably better than 999 out of each 1000 people. But this patch of forest made me realize where a few people may […]