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"Generations"
Redwoods
National Park, California
It had been five years
since I last visited the coastal redwood forest of Northern California.
Little had changed, except for the brilliant pink flowering
rhododendrons I had timed my visit to coincide with. Why would it have,
since a few years was a minuscule period compared to the thousands of
years it took for these trees, the worlds tallest, to grow to over three
hundred feet high. No one picture or description can capture the
immensity of the redwood forest. These
towering giants prefer cool damp weather. They find solitude from the
warm California summer sun in the fog created by the cool waters of the
Pacific. A long quiet walk through these giants provides only a glimpse
of their majesty.
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