Through the Redwood Forest

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to your week!

I thought I’d take a quick break from finishing all those pizza posts and bring some more non food photos from our road trip. One of my absolute favorite parts of the drive was the redwood trees. We drove on Avenue of the Giants highway on our way up the coast and it was so incredibly beautiful. It’s crazy how huge some of those trees are, not only wide but tall!



Since I’m all nerdy like that … some fun facts about the redwoods:

• California used to be home to over two million acres of redwoods but after a lot of logging since 1850, only 4%, or 85,000 acres of that old growth is still standing.
• A large redwood can hold approximately 34,000 pounds of water.
• Currently, the largest redwood tree discovered, named Hyperion, is 378.1 feet tall and is in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
• Redwoods can grow up to 22 feet in diameter and their bark is as thick as 12 inches which helps protect the trees.
• Coastal redwoods survive to be over 2,000 years old and average probably 500 to 700 years.
• Despite how tall they are, redwood tree roots are very shallow, often only five or six feet deep.

And now some more pictures!