Douglas's Iris:
The Avenue of the Giants is a 31-mile stretch of old US-101, which parallels US-101 and meanders through stunning Coast Redwoods, the tallest trees in the world. The genus species name is sequoia sempervirens, which loosley translates to "ever-living sequoia." Many redwoods are estimated to be over 2000 years old!
A short trail leads from the Avenue of the Giants to the beautiful Eel River. The blue-green color is spectacular.
A type of pea on the shore of the Eel River:
We stayed at the Redcrest Resort along the Avenue of the Giants, and our site was surrounded by redwoods. Why didn't we get a picture!?! These wildflowers also decorated our site. English Daisies and another wildflower we can't identify:
May 16th A redwood along the Avenue of the Giants:
Looking up inside the same redwood:
Humboldt Redwoods State Park runs along the Avenue of the Giants and the Eel River. The park's Founders Grove is dedicated to the founders of the Save-the-Redwoods League, which was started in 1917. Founders Grove is a pure stand of redwoods, meaning no other species of trees grow in the grove.
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This see-through giant in Founders Grove has suffered through quite a few fires, but it is still alive and well.
When a tree is blown over, it is called windthrow, which is a leading cause of death for redwoods.
A fairy ring is a ring of redwoods growing around the stump of a dead redwood. Looking up into the lacy tops of a fairy ring:
Back in 1931, an association of women's clubs in California decided that together they could save trees. The result is the Women's Clubs Grove of Humboldt Redwoods State Park. This four-sided hearth monument represents the women who kept the homefires burning and saved trees.
This picnic table is huge, and is topped by a single thick redwood slab.
The Eel River flowing by the Women's Clubs Grove:
The road leading through the Women's Clubs Grove:
Bill is standing at the base of the center tree. (He's the tiny speck of blue to the right of the tree.) It splits about half way up, and the tops can't be seen in this photo.
We headed further north on May 17th. At a rest stop on US-101 north of Eureka, this redwood stump shows two notches which held springboards loggers stood on when they cut the tree down by hand years and years ago.
Wildflowers at the same rest stop, Siberian Spring Beauty and Many-flowered Stickseed:
We saw several groups traveling by bicycle and missed a great picture of an old man with long white hair and beard riding a bike with all his belongings tied to it.
The beach south of Hiouchi, where many huge logs wash up on shore and the sand is a grayish green color:
We stayed in the Hiouchi RV Park near Jedediah Smith State Park.
The Smith River:
The narrow road winding through Stout Grove in Jedediah Smith State Park:
Lupines near the Smith River:
A neat tent campsite, now closed by the large boulders in front of Bill:
Northern Starflower:
These are so cool! Northern Inside-out Flowers:
Similar to Solomon's Seal we have at home; this might be a type of Fairybell:
Trillium is white when it first opens and changes color as it ages.
Redwood Sorrel:
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