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Curly Redwood Coast Forest Wood

BIGFOOT .. 30,000 cu. ft. “curly redwood”

Published by mdvaden on June 15, 2018

A few years ago, I was exploring around Redwood National Park with a friend Thomas from Germany. We discovered a huge coast redwood and named it BIGFOOT. This was the beginning of exploration that later involved Chris Atkins, leading to finding new largest coast redwoods. Due to certain unique features, I decided to keep Bigfoot […]

Redwood Wedding Prairie Creek

“Undocumented” Redwood Weddings

Published by mdvaden on June 13, 2018

Several years ago, I asked the park service how many weddings happen in Redwood National and State Parks, and was surprised to learn how few. But after a few years I learned that far more weddings happen than most people or the parks realize. I’ve been photographing some redwood weddings and keep track of couples who […]