Day 33 - September 22

 We left our park around 10:30 a.m.  I think each day we are sleeping in a bit longer.  It’s getting ridiculous!  It was such a nice park, we were reluctant to leave.  We drove first to the Trees of Mystery where you can walk amongst some of the largest old-growth trees, walk in the canopy on rope bridges and then take a Sky Tram up the mountain to see even better.  We then hiked back down the mountain about 1 mile.  It was a really nice place to visit.  Many of the trees there had germinated 3,000 years ago.  You just can’t get your mind around it.  It feels like you are walking in a movie site for Jurassic park.  Everything is super-sized, the ferns, the clover, and especially the trees.  

Next, we drove into the Redwood National Park and we did a short hike there of about 4 km.  You finally have to stop taking pictures of all the trees, because every one of them is huge and the pictures don’t do them justice.  

We decided to carry on driving to Redding, CA.  We drove through a lot of mountains again and the drive was stressful.  It is quite different here.  Very dry, you can see evidence of fires, probably from last few years.  We got to Redding at about 7:30 p.m.  Tried 3 different RV parks that were all full and then landed in a really nice one with a self-check-in around 8 p.m.  We were so relieved to be stopped and set up in our little home again.  It is a lot warmer here too.  The coast was warmish during the day and quite cold at night.  Here we can go back to summer clothes again.  























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