Life According to Jim

Today we moved from Eureka down to Fort Bragg, right on the coast. We took a long drive through Humboldt Redwoods State Park and were again amazed at how big these trees are. It's hard to capture the experience in a picture, so we tried some video, too. Stayed tuned for a DVD! The tallest tree we saw was 363 feet tall. After a while the mind starts to boggle as you walk among a grove full of 250+ foot trees.

We started back down Pacific Coast Highway around 7pm and zoomed through 20 miles of curvy hill-hugging road. My turbo-mobile loved it but Mary didn't as much. We made it to the coast around sunset but were shrouded in clouds and fog. We managed to spot some pelicans, black sand beaches and cool campgrounds before it got dark.

Along the Avenue of the Giants in the redwood park we spotted berry bushes along the road for hundreds of feet. A guide on our boat tour said they are Himalaya berries - like blackberries.

We picked a whole basket and had to keep Mary from eating them.

Here's Jimbo parked in a cool, quiet spot.

Here's a shot of a really big tree - over 300 feet tall. We just can't remember which one it is.

This is the only picture we could get on the coast before it got dark.