We had a lazy morning today- late breakfast, laundry, British game shows and HGTV. I know, sounds silly, but this is the first day since arrive that we didn’t wake up with somewhere that we needed to be, so we took advantage of it. Anyway, it was only a half day of laying around. We went to a great spot for lunch. I can’t remember the name of it..but the food was great, and Ryan liked the beer.
Then, for today’s highlight: the Redwood forest!
They have a walkway up in the trees that you can climb up and look around. The view was pretty incredible. And, it was really fun to walk around the bridges. It was about a half kilometer loop, with bridged linking up the platforms around the trees. All the suspension was held up by slings, that in no way were harmful to the trees. The whole system was engineered by some Germans who were actually building an expansion as we were walking around! It’s due to open on Sunday.
We learned that these trees are actually the same as the California Redwoods! They’ve only been growing since 1901, so they’re not nearly as big though. Due to the distance from the equator, our latitude, it’s a very similar climate, and the trees love it! There’s also an abundance of ferns that grow in the area making beautiful canopies below the sequoia branches.
It’s definitely safe to say we enjoyed our trip through the treetops!
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