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, […]
Just added a new page to the site about Westridge trail in Prairie Creek. Its a wonderful trail for hiking and photography. To keep this post brief, here’s a small image and the page link for more information. http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_trail_westridge.shtml Image: Westridge Trail
Welcome to the Hobbit House of Prairie Creek redwoods … if you have imagination. This room within a redwood also has a window with a beautiful forest view. The area is Cal-Barrel Rd., off Drury Pkwy. The old road has a lot of scenery, and it probably should be rated as a hike. There are […]
The big critters below are Roosevelt Elk. I see some about every other visit to the Coast Redwoods, but could find them every visit if I really wanted to. Between Deer and Elk, I see one or the other about 7 out of every 10 visits through, say, Redwood National Park or Prairie Creek Redwoods […]
Curious why so many people rave about James Irvine trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park? Or why redwoodhikes.com gives it a 5 star rating? The reason may be several reasons. As a loop with Miners A sample photo is shown below. The grandeur in part, may be that a long stretch seems panoramic or […]
Met a group of four in the creek for which Prairie Creek redwoods is named after. They said they were “counting reds” or eggs laid by Salmon. This man is one of the four. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, like Redwood National Park and others in the area, has Salmon living in the rivers and […]
Had a nice time in the Coast Redwoods, the first week of February, 2014. A few days exploring in several parks, then one day in Prairie Creek to get photos for some folks out of Humboldt / Eureka area. The image below wasn’t what we planned for the day, but the experimental photo ended up […]
The photo below shows part of a huge limb, like 150 ft. up from the ground, on Arco Giant, the 11th largest known Coast Redwood. This shot taken with a zoom lens, sort of has a story to tell. The branch collar to the right indicates that there was more to the limb once, and […]
After the photo of Lost Monarch with Kiera in the red dress got 100,000 views on Facebook, it came to mind to try something similar with Sir Isaac Newton, the 7th largest coast redwood. Although, this time with a yellow dress. This photo looks optimum 16′ x 20″ or bigger, but this web size photo […]
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