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<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nJed Smith CG is on the Smith River and just a gorgeous place. Smith River is so clear – like Stone Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nMy bottomline on the 3 Campgrounds in Redwoods: Elk Prairie for hikers (don’t have to move car); Jedidiah Smith for CG experience – such a great lay-out and setting; and finally Mill Creek if you couldn’t find another. Remember: Dogs are not allowed on trails in Redwoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What to expect in Redwoods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Walking in the redwoods is like walking through the best cathedrals in the world, except the saints in the redwoods are still living!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The green pig-face is a root showing up from the ground. The waterfall = Fern Falls. The wooden walkways built in 1930s – priceless!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beach <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3 different hikes went from the valley over the ridge and down to the Pacific Ocean. Quite an experience to walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Almost every day, there was a moon of some size and that driftwood I swear was a dead dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flowers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What would the redwoods be in spring without flowers of all types? Somebody told me that Trilliums that are purple have been pollinated … ? I asked a couple of ‘big money’ photographers on Howland Hills Drive taking photos of Rhodies, if they had seen any but pink wild ones -‘nope, all pink’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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My mom asked about nursery trees the other day and no place in my experience has better nurseries than redwoods – everywhere and of all types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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