Today we spent a fantastic afternoon at Portola Redwoods State Park. The road there is exceedingly windy which Lena was not a fan of but once there we were really really into it all. Here Lena wades into Pescadero Creek and patiently waits to try and catch a fish with her bare hands.
Morgan and Lena surveying the scene.
We spent all our time on the Sequoia Nature Trail along Pescadero Creek and for a little bit walked upstream of the trail junction. It was quiet and great.
Lena and Morgan traversing the rocks heading upstream.
Paul and Lena heading over the sandbar.
Streamwalking.
Huge amounts of fun checking out things (from rocks to plants to homemade fishing rods and magic wands).
Rocks!
One of the animals we saw during the afternoon. Look really closely in the center of the photo. Unfortunately nothing for scale but take our word for it that it was big.
Some eggs on the underside of a rock in the creek (not sure whose eggs though).
A California apple we got at a farm stand in Portola Valley that rocked. I think it may have been called something like Pink Pearl. It was tart, crunchy, and really bizarre looking.
Lena showing me her horsetails.
Walking along the path through the redwoods Lena shows us how tall she is (relative to a Sequoia).
The largest and oldest tree in the park (on the left side of the picture) - the tree was 2000 years old when it was killed in a fire in the late 1980's.
The three of us. While winding our way back through the redwoods we also all saw a small fox walking along the bank on the other side of the creek. Very very cool!
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