Homestead and Big Tree Loop

Here we have a few more pictures from Humboldt State Redwoods. This was a short hike near the "Big Tree Area" and up and back part of the Homestead Loop.

This first picture is one of only a few macro's I took on the trip. Simply some branches with dew set against the forest background.


This is literally just up the road from Founder's Grove (see post below) and so you see many of the same features. This is one of the major things I came to realize. The different forests of northern California though redwood trees through and through all have a very different feel. Some are covered in ferns and redwood sorrel and others so choked with small trees and shrubs that you'd be hard pressed to find a way through.

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The trees themselves are as different as the forests they create. In the Homestead Loop, Rockafeller Grove (with The Tall Tree), Founders Grove and Big Tree Area you see very picturesque tress that are tall and straight. (This may sound dumb when discussing redwood trees but you'll see when I toss up some pictures of the giants).

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Often you look up and its completely crazy how tall these trees around you are. Most rising 325 - 350 feet.

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No matter the forest you are in there is always something amazing to be seen such as these crossed trees:

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