Our first experience in Redwood
was one of the most famous attractions in the national park, Tall Trees Grove. Tall
Trees Grove, as the name implies, is a grove full of tall redwoods. The entire place was covered in green. The
trees were coated in moss, and ferns dangled from the tree branches. There were some burls that were
over twice as
big as me, on trees that took me a good 30 seconds to walk around at a
leisurely stroll. Near the end the moss
became thicker. It looked really cool seeing the moss up to a few inches thick.
I could have slept comfortably on one layer of the moss just fine. There was
one tree branch that was covered in bright green ferns.
The next day we went through a
place called Fern Canyon. As the name implies it is a canyon that is full of
ferns. The part that I didn’t expect was that there was a freezing stream
running through the canyon. We tried to avoid the stream for as long as we
could, but eventually we had to cross on a log about two inches thick and not
at all stable. Luckily the water was only a few inches deep, so when I fell I
didn’t sink up to my knees. Unfortunately that was enough to soak my shoes and
socks. The walls were the most
interesting part. They were 20 feet tall and completely covered in ferns. Little streams created miniscule waterfalls
that dampened the walls, so the ferns could grow. 
Afterword, since our shoes were
wet, we went to the ocean. The waves were pretty big. Not as big as some of the
ones we saw in Costa Rica, but they were big enough to soak us and cover us
with sand. I always like my shoes a little loose, unfortunatly by the time we
were done I couldn’t move my toes through all the sand in my shoes.
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