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    Stellar jays are everywhere here. They are camp thieves and also eat the eggs/chicks of other birds.
    Stellar jays are everywhere here. They are camp thieves and also eat the eggs/chicks of other birds.The roots of a huge redwood.Snag next to living treePanorama or the tree base and snagSunlight filtering through in a small glade.1The trees are a football field high!Forest floor is carpeted with ferns as tall as me.Yes, way over there is a Roosevelt elk. Very few left in the world.

    Last day in the Redwoods

    July 22 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    We are heading out early Thursday for Medford, OR, for 2 nights so Phil can take a telehealth appt with the VA, so today's our last day here.

    We arrived at the Big Tree parking area by 9 am and there were only a few cars in the parking lot. The Cathedral Trees hike was really fabulous. The hike went slowly up the hillside winding among the 1,000 year old plus trees. Each one was unique and almost more fabulous than the last one. You could just feel the calming energy from each tree. Some of the snags or dead trees were larger than a house at the base and they provided sheltered homes for all the new baby trees.

    The only issue we found with the day was that the hike was 4.4 miles instead of a 2.1 mile hike as posted. We had a short stopover at the Prairie Creek Visitor's Center to use the bathroom and see the stag elk in the nearby meadow. We got back to the car and then went to the nearby tribal gas station for fuel and lunch (the casino restaurant was not open and the grill at the Bar and Grill was not functioning).

    The weather here has cool. Temps not above 75. Some sun.    Read more