Redwood Coast 2015 & 2016

[Mrs.B]

Every day is a new adventure on the Avenue of the Giants!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I can imagine!

 

[mdvaden]

Every day is a new adventure on the Avenue of the Giants!

Completely different twist on the Avenue, but have you ever heard of someone doing a natural or mid-wife childbirth along the Avenue of the Giants / Humboldt Redwoods? On facebook today, someone's post about living there most of their lives got me wondering if anybody ever chooses to have their children born in the redwoods.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Hmmmmmmm.................

 

[stig]

I'd be amazed if that was not the case.

 

[Mrs.B]

I've never heard of that, Mario, but it sure wouldn't surprise me a bit.

 

[Jomo]

You can bet lots of Native American babies were born under redwood canopies!

Great pics Mario, as usual.

Jomo

 

[mdvaden]

Gerald Beranek's new Humboldt Redwoods book inspired me to stop by the Eel River the other day.

 

[mdvaden]

Beams in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

 

[MasterBlaster]

I altered it so I could make it my new desktop... sweet!

 

[mdvaden]

I altered it so I could make it my new desktop... sweet!

Edit ...

OK, now I see ... you found the other one. Cool.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Other one?

 

[gf beranek]

Nice one! Timing was right!

 

[Burnham]

Excellent.

 

[mdvaden]

Other one?

Oh ... I missed how you adjusted it. I thought maybe you found another wide frame similar somewhere in the album. But now see how you fixed it to go across the screen. Did a good job ... like it.

 

[stig]

Really a good one, Mario.
Quite the contrast to #43

 

[mdvaden]

The "Dark Horse" - Redwood National and State Parks. Took the photo from a hill to show the trunk's lines as-is

 

[gf beranek]

That's an unusual crook for a redwood. far and few between. Nice shot!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Jerry, what do you mean by "crook"? Thanks.

 

[sotc]

Comes out of the ground straight, then cuts hard to the right.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Ah.. Thanks.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Amazing shot!

 

[Burnham]

Pretty nice shot, for sure.

 

[mdvaden]

That's an unusual crook for a redwood. far and few between. Nice shot!

I was wondering if it was a leaner recently leaned. But after looking at it for a while, I think it took a hard right lean or "crook" like you wrote, early on in life. Maybe when something big pushed and bent it.

 

[Burnham]

No mature tree corrects lean down low like that. Never.