Luffenholtz Beach

Luffenholtz Beach

Luffenholtz Beach

Sand Deer 2

On the Gold Bluffs just outside of Fern Canyon

Sand Deer

Sand Deer!!!

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

Redwoodnerrooo

Hidden meaning three, the dusty rover is in fact a reference to the usual sanitary state of my vehicle.

Jebediah Redwoods

Jedediah Redwoods

From the dust we were made, and to the dust we shall return.

Redwoods Path at Praire Creek

Sequoia sempervirens - the tallest trees on Earth. They drink from the clouds because nature hasn't yet evolved an organic process to pump water 300 feet upwards.

Clonal Sprout

In addition to new seedlings, Redwoods can also reproduce by sprouting from burls of the parent tree - these new trees are clones of the original. Unclear what happened to the base of this clone.

Three-Eyed Elephant

"It is beautiful beneath the sea, Brandon Stark. But if you stay too long you'll drown."

Prairie Creek

Massive core root system. Redwood roots spread shallow and broadly across the forest floor.

Big Tree

Elliot for scale.

Stone Lagoon Schoolhouse

Life here reminds me a lot of the 395. No tour buses, no photographer encampments at the same sunset spot. It's the quiet kind of beauty that you absorb a mile of road at a time.