Today Katie and I took the bus north into Orick to the Redwood Creek Trailhead, hoping to get to Tall Trees Grove (where the 1st, 3rd, and 6th tallest trees in the world are). Turns out its a 6 mile hike out there and another 6 back, and we only had 5 hours, so we hiked like no one has ever hiked before, trying to get as far as we could. We managed to hike a total of 6.5 miles including numerous photo breaks as well as a nice picnic on the mostly dried up creek bed running through the forest.
The forest was amazing. The sequoias are so gigantic its unreal. Some of the treetops were hidden in a fine fog coming from the ocean, adding to the mystical appearance of the forest. The colors were so vivid, neon and deep greens contrasted against falled red and orange leaves, the yellowish moss covering the huge trunks and the piercing blue sky enveloping it all...
There was a fallen tree trunk across part of the trail whose diameter was taller than I was, with a plaque on it indicating its approximate age of 750 years. At one point we had to take off our shoes and socks and walk across the small river to the other side where the trail continued along with a friendly sign indicating that there have been sightings of mountain lions in the area. The sign proceeded to indicate what to do in case of seeing a mountain lion, which was "If the animal is seen: be as loud as you can, throw objects in its direction, and make yourself seem as large as possible. If the animal attacks: fight back aggressively" Oh, right, thanks. Fighting a mountain lion to the death is easier said than done.
Needless to say, we survived the trail thanks to our singing and talking in loud, deep voices, loudly stating how muscular and powerful we are for all the mountain lions to hear, which apparently worked!
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