The kids had Veteran's Day off this year. Scott also had the day off work. So we headed up to Henry Cowell Redwoods Park near Santa Cruz. We went on a short hike and saw a lot of Coast Redwoods. Here we are at the start of our hike.
Right off the bat we found several banana slugs. It was very exciting!
Anna wanted to be in all the pictures today.
There were several trees that we could walk into.
Here are some pictures from our hike.
Gotta hug a tree.
Grant didn't want to be in this picture.
Redwood roots
This is the Fremont Tree. There's an apocryphal story about John C. Fremont spending the night in this tree. You can walk inside and there is a large chamber inside. It's pretty neat. Bring a flashlight.
You can catch a glimpse of Emma in the back pack carrier.
And Anna's newly lost tooth.
More really big trees.
We might name this one the Ewok Tree
We walked over to Roaring Camp railroad after our hike.
There was a little western town there. Very cute.
We had a fun time enjoying the redwoods today. On the way home we stopped at Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville and got some fresh Apple and Olallieberry pie. The kids also got fresh apple cider slushes.
We only had a little trouble sharing a pie. But we got a LARGE apple pie to take home.
I'm glad we got to have a fun family day.
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YUM! We just found a cider mill outside Olympia that sells fresh apple fritters and cider slushies. It's so fun to find gems like that.
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