We figured if it’s in a song, it must be an awesome place to go. So, on Sunday morning, we made our way into Redwood National Forest.
We drove through the towering forest and saw the biggest and tallest trees we had ever seen. It was a beautiful drive. We stopped at several points to take pictures. We found one tree that had a sizeable hole in it, and discovered that it was hollow all the way to the top. You know this sucker is big if *I* fit in it!
A view from inside the hollow tree looking up |
For you Star Wars geeks - this forest was where they filmed some of Return of the Jedi! |
We turned around after a while and made our way back to our car. We were hungry so we scouted out a campsite to have a picnic lunch. I was pretty sure that we had food somewhere in the Excursion…I mean, given how much stuff we have with us on this trip, the odds were certainly in our favor.
On our way to find a spot, Haley had a Snack Attack. No, this isn’t what you’re thinking. You see, we have this huge three-drawer container that is sitting next to Haley in the third row of seats. This container has a bunch of road-trip snacks in it….granola bars, popcorn, muffins, etc…. Through the course of driving our thousands of miles, we found that when we make a sharp right turn at a pretty good speed, the top drawer slides out of this container towards Haley. Haley has ninja-like reflexes, so she has been able to stop the drawer before it hits her. But now, every time we hear the drawer slide out, we all yell, “Snack Attack!” It has done this about seven times now. Haley: 7 Drawer: 0
SNACK ATTACK! |
After our car picnic, we headed back to our hotel. We vegged out in the room for a couple hours and gave the girls a much-needed technology fix.
We then made our way back to the beach to set Ashley Jr., Ashley’s tiny lobster, free in the ocean. Ashley Jr. was happy to be back home. I waved goodbye and told Ashley Jr. that I hope we meet again. Preferably at a seafood restaurant with some drawn butter and a bib.
We ended up having dinner at the same restaurant we ate at the night before and then went back to our hotel. We booked rooms in our next two locations (I told you, we’re totally winging some of this trip) and then hit the sack at about 10pm.
you know you can prevent the attack by a piece of tape? :)
ReplyDeleteRedwoods are amazing, of course.