Dispatch: Humboldt / by Ashley Tata

Woke up yesterday morning Hidden in Springs along the Avenue of Giants in trees stewarded under the name Humboldt. A delayed flight granted time to meander through some pacific coast beauties. The mantra of this walk, “oh my… oh my… ohhhhhhh myyyy…” It demands to be murmured out loud. The older couple in the same beaming state of awe seemed to appreciate this as-articulate-as-it-gets voicing of our collective thought-stumbles.

Found Aoshuang and Afsoon up the north Coast of CA. Up the coast Steven at Thomas H Kuchel Visitor Center gave us all kinds of recommendations for big trees for low bottomed cars. Equipped with maps we kept on north.

The trees were calling so after some Thai in Town we jumped over to Jedediah Smith State Park. And oooooohed and awwwwed all the way. Until we got lost. Pro-tip: pin your parking spot. We hi-tailed it back past our photo-op cookie trail and found the vehicle at sundown.