Really Big Trees

Earlier this week I ventured to the far north coast of California. And dis, bruddahs and seestas, is where the really big Kahuna trees are. In the national and state parks are loads of redwoods over 300 feet tall and a milennium or more old. To walk in a forest of these giants

is an awesome experience. The majesty of the trees is unparalleled. The woods are pristine, cool, moist, and quiet. On a sunny day the rays shining through the canopy dapple the forest floor with light in an infinite variety of patterns. Redwood forests are fine in any case, but in the San Francisco and Monterey areas they are mostly second growth, and the few old growth trees that remain are smaller than the ones up here due to less moisture. But here in the north, in Del Norte and Humboldt counties, the trees get 60-100 inches of rain a year, and they thrive and grow huge.