Hello hello everyone! I’m still alive! I know I haven’t posted a whole lot recently but between camping, expensive wifi, and crappy wifi I haven’t had too many chances. Fear not though! I’ll bring you up to speed on all the adventures I’ve been having.
Last I left you I had just enjoyed a fantastic day in Portland and was off to Redwood National Forest and my first experience of California.
Redwood National Forest was a whole lot of fun. I camped out there for 2 nights just like I did at Yellowstone. However, the two experiences could not have been more different. Yellowstone was very much like going to an amusement park. You don’t go to the park to walk around and enjoy the scenery of the park. You go to the park to enjoy the attractions. At Yellowstone you have Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic spring etc. etc. Redwood National Forest though was exactly what you picture when you envision camping. Sure there were trails and hikes, but the camping experience was more about enjoying the nature around you. Setting up your tent next to these unbelievably giant trees. Taking pictures in front of them and realizing in the grand scheme of things how small you really are. There was no hustle to get up in the morning and get in the car and go see something. That I think was my favorite part of Redwood. It was a chance to relax and a chance to slow down a bit and enjoy my surroundings.
Speaking of my surroundings. Those redwood trees truly are giants. That is not hyperbole either. They make any tree I’ve seen in my life before them look like god damn tooth picks. I explored a little bit before setting up camp and walking among them really made me stop and just go “damn.” You look around and you look up at them and your neck is at a 90 degree angle looking up because that’s how tall they are. Then you stand in front of them and realize that not only is this skyscraper tall it’s also about 4 or 5 of me wide. They are honestly like nothing I have ever seen before. Walking in the forest and then coming out from the trees was literally like night and day. They were so tall it was almost dark while I was walking around them even though it was the middle of the afternoon. Like I said I had two of them right in my campsite too so to be sitting at a fire and to have that massiveness towering over you was pretty cool.
In terms of meals, honestly I haven’t been eating very consistently, which probably isn’t a good thing. But while I was there I hit a nice local diner for breakfast and had a delicious chicken fried steak with hash browns and scrambled eggs. I also added in one of the house special huckleberry pancakes because you guys know my rule if it says anything along the lines of “house special” “World famous” Official” I gotta try it. For dinner I drove out of the forest and went to a seafood place that was by the ocean. If I am thinking of this correctly this, I believe, was the first ocean I had seen since I left Saugus. I think. Don’t quote me on that though. Anywho! I went to this place right by the ocean and decided to push the envelope on trying new things. I ordered the fish and chips, but where as fish and chips is traditionally a white fish this was salmon. I must say it was pretty good. Something I could definitely eat again. I will say I’m still curious to try fish on it’s own though. So far the two fishes I had were breaded and fried so that was most of the taste. Baby steps in trying new things I guess.
So after dinner I headed back to camp and built up my fire and just sat back and enjoyed it. I enjoyed the serenity of the night as the fire crackled away. I smiled a bit at the thought of how different my next night was going to be. I was going from peace, quiet, a nice fire, and sleeping among the trees to the hustle and bustle of San Francisco.
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