Tall Trees

The Coast Redwood trees are the tallest trees in the world.  In fact, they are the tallest living thing on the planet.  Today we viewed these giants and I was awe-struck again.  It's been 35 years since I drove these giants and I can recall my excitement & wanted to share this with Paul.  

The morning started out foggy...

 A little after noon, we drove out of the fog and welcomed the sunshine and beautiful sites.

Paul got to drive through two redwood trees today, here's the Shrine.

Here's a photo of the other tree, Chandelier, that I drove through 35 years ago.  I remember there was no one else around, (unlike today) so I drove my car into the tree, got out and took a photo and then got back into the car to drive out.  

 Saw some more seals and/or sea lions in Crescent City this morning. 

A view from the cliffs of Trinidad, CA

A view of the Carson Mansion in Eureka, CA

Since we're in lumbering country, we had dinner at the Lumberjacks restaurant which served giant portions and very tasty!  I was so tempted to order the six plus inches of chocolate layer cake....but thought it would be a bad idea to have that much chocolate so close to bed time!  A person my age just has to think about those things these days!  :)