It's so beautiful, and it's the first time our kids have seen these great trees, but to Brian it always seems like the first time. He's like a kid about them, and loves everything about these ancient organisms. Running through them makes him feel extra alive, and the smell is quite captivating.
We tried to convey this magic to our kids, who seemed to take to the running idea.
Tante Tara had told us to take a picture in front of a tree that was bigger than our whole family. All we had was a manual focus lens, so well, this is what we got.
We spent dozens of minutes splashing our feet in this stream. It was a magical stream, part of the special redwood ecosystem, where a dead redwood upstream nourishes such large fish as salmon, and where the living redwoods provide shade and unbelievable warm light, that's capture-able only with more talent than I have.
We went to a junior ranger presentation meant for 5-12 year olds, called "Act Like an Animal" where I (Irma) did most of the talking and the acting. I got to do long jumps and waddle through the dirt and make owl calls - more on that later. They got badges and activity books, which Theodore got right to work on, figuring out that his name is just too long to fit on the line that's provided.
Dinner was our favorite camping meal so far. Forget camping meal! It's one of our favorite dinners, that just happens to translate well to camping. pasta + ground almonds + nutritional yeast + salt (at home with sweet corn + swiss chard as well) Fancy people's mac-and-cheese without all the excess packaging. Mmm.
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