Saturday, June 27, 2015
Jeff and Amy came to pick us up at noon to start our day of
seeing these massive trees.
Big Tree Area we saw the Tall Tree. In 1957 it measured 359.3 feet. Next tree the Giant tree in 1991 reached a height of
363 feet. Its circumference was 53.2
feet and had a crown of 62 feet. The last tree in this area was the Flat Iron Tree was down and measured 17.5 feet long
and 7.5 feet wide.
Immortal Tree was between Pepperwood and Redcrest. This tree is estimated to be between 950-1000
years old. It has survived lightning
that removed its top, loggers axe, a forest fire in 1908 and the flood of 1964
where the water of Eel River rose 35 feet.
Eternal Tree House in Redcrest is over 2500 years old. It is a 20 foot room carved out of the base
of the tree. The original trunk is gone
but it is the parents of the surrounding trees.
Back in time, Indians , trappers, hunters, travelers and even livestock
have used it as shelter.
We stopped in a darling town of Ferndale. It had a lot of Victorian houses and I even
took a picture of a wedding party getting a group shot in the middle of an
intersection on Main Street.
Next stop was Eureka.
As we were driving around we saw this large Victorian home. It belonged to William Carson. He built this house in 1885 to keep his mill
workers employed through slow times. It contains rare woods from around the
world. It is now Ingomar Inn and it is a
PRIVATE club. Across the street was a
beautiful Victorian house for sale that I would love to have. It was even painted one of my favorite
colors---Pink!
As we were driving back to our campsite Jeff had mentioned
earlier that he wanted to drive his Honda down on the dried up river beds. Well
we saw a road that led down to the river and away we went. Well we made it and he got to put his feet
into the water. It even had a name of Dyerville Bar. Guess it is pretty popular and it was
fun. Don’t get to do this much anymore.
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| Tall Tree |
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| Amy & Jeff in front of the Tall tree |
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| Flat Iron Tree |
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| Giant Tree |
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| Wedding picture in the street |
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| Ingomar Inn or former home of William Carson |
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| Pink Victorian House |
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| Immortal Tree |
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| Another pic of the Immortal Tree |
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| Large Indian carving in Redwood |
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| Amy in front of Tree House |
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| Eternal Tree House |
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| Bridge and Eel River |
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| Us on the riverbed |
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