The third day of our trip was Sunday. It was a stormy day, but the worst weather happened while we were at the rental house or at church. The ward there was small but there was a strong spirit there. A new family had been baptized and was confirmed that day. After church we had a soup and sandwich lunch at the rental house and then we went to go search for more big trees.
We almost got our big van through this tree, but we didn't want to risk it. We got through halfway though.
At Trees of Mystery on Saturday, a local man was admiring our van in the parking lot. He said we needed to check out the Newton B Drury Parkway. It turned out to be a great suggestion, it was one of our favorite parts of the trip. We liked this sign. 😊
The "Big Tree" trailhead is off of the Newton B Drury parkway. The Big Tree was at the end of the best hike ever (it consisted of a very short walk on a flat trail). Then we walked another looping trail through the trees. They were amazing!
Here are the girls in between two trees (or one that split?).
Joy is dwarfed by these trees.
Daniel thought our walk was lots of fun.
Some of us wore ponchos, Andy loved his purple poncho, but I don't think it actually rained while we were on the trails. Another blessing from our angel in charge of the weather on the trip.
I thought these signs by the Big Tree were great. They say "The Big Tree," "Even Bigger Trees," "Another Big Tree," "That's A Big Tree Too," "That's a Very Big Tree," and "This Way to More Big Trees!"
These trees are spectacular, I highly recommend this trip to everyone.
Mark took this great picture that shows how big the trees are and just how beautiful it is to walk those trails.
That day we also tried to see Tall Trees Grove where Endor from Return of the Jedi was filmed. That road turned out to be blocked, only passable by permit. But we took a parallel road that took us very close. We didn't get any good pictures from that drive, but it did look like Endor, and next time we're going to try to get the permit to see the actual location.
It was another great day. After our drive and another picnic dinner (inside the car) by the ocean, we went back to the rental house and watched The Gnome-Mobile which was fittingly filmed in the Redwoods.
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