Wednesday, 12 November 2008

• Summer Road Trip 2008 - Coastal Redwoods - Northern California

  Day 11 - Redwoods National Forest, California
  2008 Summer Road trip to Northwest USA and Canada
  
  
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  Trip duration: 15 days (May 9th to 23rd)
  

  Total distance: 9000km/5560miles
  

  
  Camera: Canon 40D
  Lenses: 12-24mm f4 wide angle, 45mm f2.8 Tilt Shift, 70-200mm F2.8 IS
  
  
  Ever smelt heaven?
  
  How the air, cleaned by thousand year old trees, just rushes into your lungs and dance inside
  How the cool and damp molecules, cleans your blood like some giant filter, breath by breath
  How your skin awakens, your eye softens, as the moisture calms your senses and slows you down
  
  This is what heaven smells like
  
  Humboldt Redwoods State Park:
  The two thousand year old coastal redwoods, standing over 300 feet tall, towers over the little Mini Cooper
  
  
  
  
  The little guy, so young and small in comparison, yet, so much more dangerous, so much more capable of dealing out damage
  
  
  
  
  The forest makes one slow down, tread quietly, speak silently... it is the earth's true church, a place of worship, a place to celebration of life and time
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  So small it actually fit inside on of the trees! This is one of the two trees in California where a car can drive into in these forests. I had to pay $2 but the picture was well worth it :D
  
  
  
  
  Like my tree colored outfit that day?
  no, neither did I
  
  
  
  
  It's amazing how a tree with such a large gaping hole in the middle can still be living.
  
  
  
  
  
  Like little pests killing a giant
  
  
  
  Here's me hugging one of the tallest tree in the world
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One could almost live in one of these trees, in fact, lots of insects and birds do
  
  
  
  
  
  It's fun to imagine how a small seedling grew from the ground 2 thousand years ago, through all the rain and storms, the competitions of other trees and living things around it, fighting for its own chance to grow tall and old.
  
  
  
  
  There's magic in the forest, I wouldn't have been surprised if fairies came flying out :P
  
  
  
  
  But no fairies came, only centipedes :D
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And then I came out of the forest and headed for Oregon. On the way I stopped by a little strip mall and, being a 5 year old kid at heart, stopped beside a red and white fire truck for some pictures :D
  
  Next: Oregon coasts, Seattle
  
  
  Go back to previous road trip entries....
  Day 1: Montana
  Day 2: West Yellowstone
  Day 3: Yellowstone National Park 1
  Day 3: Yellowstone National Park 2
  Day 4: Yellowstone/Salt Lake City
  Day 5: Salt Lake City
  Day 5: Arches National Park
  Day 5: Canyonlands National Park
  Day 6: Capitol Reefs National Park
  Day 6: Bryce Canyon National Park
  Day 7: Cedar Breaks National Monument / Zion National Park
  Day 7: Nevada desert and Death Valley
  Day 8: Central California and Giant Sequoia National Monument
  Day 8: Monterey California sunset
  Day 9: San Francisco Sunrise panoramas and wallpaper
  Day 9: San Francisco downtown Part 1 of 2
  Day 9: San Francisco downtown Part 2 of 2
  Day 10: Alcatraz, San Francisco
  Day 11: California Coastal Redwoods
  Day 11: Northern California Coasts
  Day 12: Oregon and Washington
  Day 12: Wayne's house
  Day 13: Pike Place Market, Seattle
  Day 13: Vancouver sunset and night shots
  Day 14: Interior BC and Squilax Hostel
  Day 15: Suqilax Hostel and Alberta
  

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