LBJ Chose Well

And I don't mean our former President, but rather our former First Lady, Ladybird Johnson. She presided over the dedication ceremony for Redwood National Park, in the middle of a grove that now bears her name. We hiked the Ladybird Johnson trail a few weeks ago. It was a little chilly (it had been warmish and sunny when we left Crescent City to head south), but we did ok. Darcy hiked most of it on her own and ventured off onto little side trails to check out individual trees.

Here she is "bushwhacking" through ferns taller than she is. She had a great time exploring these little trails and hearing other hikers behind and ahead of us. (We have a video of this that I'm going to try to upload in a separate post.) Here's another picture at the same place, just with a perspective that gives some sense of the massiveness of the redwood trunk taking up the entire background of the picture:


Here she is squeezing in (or out?) of a fire scar (or "goose pen" as these fire caverns are called in redwoods). There were several we could all fit in with room to spare and yet the trees are alive and well. Darcy has a hard time passing up goose pens anytime we're around redwoods!

This was a beautiful trail. It was well-maintained and most of it was reasonably flat, so those of you who visit us, will most likely be dragged to it. We have been sort of collecting drives, hikes, and attractions that will be good for our future visitors and this is definitely on the list.