Redwood National Park and Stumps

Redwood National Park morning fog

Ancient Snag, yellow backpack for scale

Steel cables left behind

Massive stump

Big stump with springboard notches

Stump and cables

This stump almost looks like a fountain with green bubbling water.

Ancient canopy

Huge cave redwood, with filtered photo

Drove up to Redwood National Park yesterday on a perfect, rainy, misty day. I did a poor job staying dry, and was pretty much soaked and exhausted by the end of the day. I spent more time looking through some of the logged portions of the forest. I find these areas exciting because you never know what you will find back there. There always seems to be a few random giant trees left behind for some reason. It's also a way for me to wake up to the reality of what our civilization has, and continues to do to our forests.

On a side note, it appears many portions of California continue to suffer from major drought conditions. Here are photos of Half Dome taken this time of year over the last four years. Snow pack appears almost non existent in the Sierra right now. I'd have to say the northern redwood parks are doing much better in that regard, we seem to be getting a fair amount of rain this year...