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Jim had to stop and hug a baby redwood. The parents will come later.
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They keep getting a little bigger.
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This was a really strange sensation. One minute you're driving along this narrow little winding road in a valley under towering redwoods, then without warning or indication of a change coming, you pop out onto Pacific Coast Hiway 1 with the Pacific Ocean right in front of you. Seriously cool!!!!!
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When momma's happy, everybody's happy!
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You get the feeling that this can be a very cold & angry coast at times. But still gorgeous.
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Definitely NOT Florida!
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Driving PCH 1 is cool. It's one tree canopy after another then boom, an ocean vista.
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These signs kinda freaked out us Floridian sailors.
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For my old hippie cronies from the 60's and Willie Nelson fans, this pic above should ring a bell. If it doesn't, don't worry. Like they say "if you remember the 60's, you weren't there!"
After a night tenting along the beach at Van Damme State Park just south of Fort Bragg, we headed northward for the "Avenue of the Giants" . . . the reeeealy big redwoods.
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