Golden Gate to the Redwoods

Following the advice of our friends, we headed straight through San Francisco on Hwy 1 and across the Golden Gate Bridge--Airstream and all!

Soon we were on the route to the giant redwoods.

We headed toward Samuel P. Taylor State Park.  We enjoyed many lovely redwoods along the way.
                           
It was definitely "hug a tree" time.

The park had a space for us, but it was parallel parking on an asphalt pad.  We hung over our site onto the next one. 

The loop road getting out in the 
morning was also a challenge--very tight. By the time we completed our drive up to Humboldt State Park, we decided that a commercial establishment with hook-ups was better for us.  Good decision.  Next day we drove into the edge of the Humboldt park.  It would have been a tight squeeze for a pick up to get around; forget a 34 ft. Airstream in tow.
We did enjoy the visitor center at the Redwood National and State Parks.
There we saw this precursor of the Airstream.

Nifty, huh?

The redwoods are pretty amazing,

but difficult to capture in terms of size and grandeur whether they are in the air or on the ground.

Just thinking about how long some of these trees have been around is mind boggling.

We drove the

then went over to Ferndale, a quaint Victorian town.
We enjoyed seeing the buildings, 

shopping a bit, 

(Jim even enjoyed looking at the wares in the blacksmith shop.)
then partaking of the goods at the 

We ended our excursion at the Eternal Treehouse across the road from our Red Crest RV park.

The eternal claim comes from the fact that trees have sprouted from the roots of this tree that now reach 40 feet in height.  At any rate, it is a curiosity.  There are plenty of "gimmicks" along this roadway.