Tuesday October 19th (A day in the Redwoods)

Village Camper Inn RV Park Crescent City

Today was another leisurely day; we started off by reorganizing our gear from the Chevy and Cassie. We went for a 30mile loop drive from the camp to Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. In this state park we saw hundreds of towering old-growth redwoods, a wonderful and surreal feeling, being dwarfed by these magnificent trees. Our 1^st side trip into the forest was down Walker Road to the Smith River, everywhere there were large redwoods and the road weaved among the giant trees. We went for a short walk when we got to the Smith River; it is a clear inviting river. Our next stop was to go for a walk along the Stout Grove Trail, we walked the river trail to get to the Stout loop, probably walked for 2 hours in the redwoods, and it was wonderful feeling to see these immense and magnificent trees growing so well. We drove thru the Park to Crescent City on a very narrow winding unpaved road that also weaved between the towering trees, where motor homes and trailers are not advised. In Crescent City we went for a walk around town and enjoyed looking at Murals that are painted on several of the buildings in town.