The Redwoods are probably on most people's US-exploring bucket list, and for good reason. The tallest (not largest, those are the Sequoias) trees in the world, Redwoods tower hundreds of feet in the air, dwarfing the other pines around them. By the end of the hike, our necks were sore from craning them so far to try and see the tops of these incredible trees.
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| These massive trunks were about 16 feet in diameter, based on our arm-wrapping circumference approximation |
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| See what we mean about neck-craning? |
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| These trees rot from the center out, meaning you could stand in the center of what used to be this towering giant. That's what we did here |
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| Incomprehensibly large trees aside, the whole forest felt otherworldly |
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| Another inside-tree view--note the borderline lime-green ferns on the forest floor |
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| How did Grey get this picture? Not even he knows, but it's pretty trippy |
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| Trippy pt. 2 |
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| "Give me your best jungle look" |
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| It took a sideways panorama to be able to capture the whole tree |
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| Shoutout to self-timers |
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| Cave or tree core? |
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| The sun came out a bit more for some really nice lighting |
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| Can you guess which ones are the Redwoods? |
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| Redwoods also have the ability to clone themselves, reproducing asexually. This results in clusters of trees, or ones that don't fully separate at the base, like this one |
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| It was too climbable to pass by, so cue the mini photoshoot |
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| Tell me this wouldn't make an awesome movie poster |
And, surprise, turns out the Redwoods are like a mile from the beach? Coming out of a forest to overlook the ocean is a pretty surreal experience
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| Caught the sunset as we headed away from the Redwoods and onto a place to stop for the night. |
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