Em :official_verified:
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When I first moved here, I joined a bikecamping group that left from SF for Samuel P Taylor park. That was when I realized how much nature I could easily access without getting into a car. Even today, cycling across the Golden Gate Bridge to go to San Anselmo for bread or China Camp for camping is still a beloved activity. The multimodal nature of transit is a blessing (I would then just head back to Larkspur and take a ferry back. Or put my bike in a bus from San Rafael)
Tofay, I am in a car as I’m going much much further. But the small weekend trips for birding or whale watching or mushroom foraying keep me happy here.
If you hike or bike, you can get a camp site quite easily even without a reservation
Em :official_verified:
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Sunlight through second growth redwood trees on a hazy morning at Mount Madonna Park. #redwoods #photography
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It's that time of year for banana slugs. Here's a pair that is preparing to mate. They have a ritual that can take hours. They are hermaphrodites, with both male and female organs, and both of these slugs might wind up pregnant and lay eggs. This was in Big Basin Redwoods Park, where now that it's the wetter time of year people report seeing hundreds on a hike, particularly just after a rain. #BananaSlugs #BigBasin #redwoods #photography
It's that time of year for banana slugs. Here's a pair that is preparing to mate. They have a ritual that can take hours. They are hermaphrodites, with both male and female organs, and both of these slugs might wind up pregnant and lay eggs. This was in Big Basin Redwoods Park, where now that it's the wetter time of year people report seeing hundreds on a hike, particularly just after a rain. #BananaSlugs #BigBasin #redwoods #photography
Sunlight through second growth redwood trees on a hazy morning at Mount Madonna Park. #redwoods #photography
Fee Fi Fo Fum :v_bi:
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If you ever drive to northern California on the 101 be sure to side quest down the Avenue of the Giants. It is a beautiful diversion.
Today, the Avenue was on our way to the river. Summer was deserving of some fun. The temperature was 73°F and the sky was blue. Hard to resist.
My husband's family has their own redwood grove on the avenue. I pointed the sign out to Summer, but her attention was already looking forward to jumping in the Eel River.
A worthwhile afternoon adventure.
A couple of scenes fom our drive.
#Humboldt#Redwoods
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Alex Akselrod
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More redwoods on the way through the woods to the river.
#Redwoods
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More redwoods on the way through the woods to the river.
#Redwoods
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If you ever drive to northern California on the 101 be sure to side quest down the Avenue of the Giants. It is a beautiful diversion.
Today, the Avenue was on our way to the river. Summer was deserving of some fun. The temperature was 73°F and the sky was blue. Hard to resist.
My husband's family has their own redwood grove on the avenue. I pointed the sign out to Summer, but her attention was already looking forward to jumping in the Eel River.
A worthwhile afternoon adventure.
A couple of scenes fom our drive.
#Humboldt#Redwoods
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