We began our day Thursday by heading to the John Muir National Monument. This peaceful and beautiful park was dedicated to the famous naturalist. It encompasses one of the few remaining old growth redwood forests on the California coast. The trees are as old as 500 years and as tall as 200-300 feet. They usually grow in clumps they call "families". One unique thing about the redwood tree (also known as the sequoia) is that they are able to grow from seed or from what is called a burl ( sort of a lump on the trunk).
After we finished at the Muir Woods, we headed for the coast to have some views of the Pacific Ocean. And what views we got! This is just one. It is actually quite near to the San Francisco Bay. It is unique because it had these bunkers built into the hillsides behind us. Apparently after the bombing of Pearl Harbor they dug the bunkers and posted men in them to watch for Japanese ships.
As you can see, the weather was spectacular! From here we drove north on the famed California Highway 1. Slow, scenic, breathtaking would be the descriptions we would give.
We are suddenly having issues with the look of the blog, so we are anxious to see how this looks online. For some reason, the print is HUGE! Undoubtedly, because as we were doing a post we hit some key and told it to do something. The only problem is that we can't figure out how to undo it. Any advice from you techies out there would be appreciated!
Bob and Deb
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