Redwood National Park

Sounds of the Sea RV Park, Trinidad, CA:  We drove a few miles north this morning to the Redwood National Park.  Just the drive on 101 was beautiful.  Drove into the park and stopped and hiked one of the trails.  Then just drove through this beautiful place.  After that we headed up to the Klamath River bridge on the 101.  We’ve been seeing signs for days now about cars and people on the bridge.  Thought we’d check it out.  Turns out there’s a grey whale hanging out just beneath the bridge.  And all these idiots are pulling over and walking out on this two-lane bridge to see and take pictures of this whale.  So, we joined all the other idiots and pulled over and walked out on the bridge.  The local law enforcement people must just love this CF.  The whale was pretty amazing.  She's been here for weeks just swimming in circles.  Hope she's okay.  She had a calf with her, but the calf left a few weeks ago. Left there and headed back, stopping to take some pictures of yet another elk herd.  There are a lot of them up here. 

These trees can grow to over 300 ft. tall with a girth of 15-20 feet.  The coastal redwoods are the largest and the biggest ones are over 800 years old.

Grey whale in the Klamath River

She had a calf with her, but the calf left weeks ago.  They can't get her to leave.