Day 17: Redwood National Park

Saturday, July 12

We left Gold Beach at 10:00 and made our way down the coast to the famous Redwood trees. Once we arrived at “The Mystery of the Trees”, a giant statue of Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox greeted us. Paul Bunyan is a tall tale of a giant logger man. We started on the trail. We saw some of the biggest trees in the world. There were ceader, spruce, and three kinds of Redwoods. Redwoods used to cover the entire earth but after the Ice Age only those 9in the Sierra Nevada and on the Pacific Coast survived. There are only about 1,000 left because humans cut many for lumber. WE walked a 1 mile trail through the forest and saw many sites like the “Family Tree,” “the upside down tree,” and “the Trinity Tree.” The family tree is a tree that has 12 trees on its branches. The upside down tree grows vertically instead of horizontally. The Trinity tree looked like three trees in one, like the Holy Trinity. We got to a Gondola station that took us up the mountain. At the top we had a great view of the entire park. We took the gondola down and walked the short trip back. We then bought 1 lb of chocolate fudge and drove to our campsite. Their Valentin got in a fight with a very fat kindergartener. I thought the kid looked round and Valentin called him Mr. Fattie. The kid pushed Valentin. Later the overweight kid sat on Tino’s head. He was very rude. Dad, Mom, Max, and Viki then played shuffleboard. Max and mom were losing -6 to 40 when Mom quit to go on a hay ride with Valentin. So Max got his team(he was the only member now) back to 60 points but then Dad got points and won. Later everyone lost to Dad again. WE had sausages and potatoes for dinner and went to bed early.

Day 17: Redwood National Park