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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, […]

Taylor holding drone

Taylor Drone Launch

Published by mdvaden on April 14, 2013 | Leave a response

Recently, Michael Taylor (co-discoverer of world’s tallest tree Hyperion) has been assembling and launching drones to further explore, map and document forests and look for tall trees. The unit shown below was fitted with a video camera, and follows a flight plan. This is the latest of several tools that Michael added to his assortment […]