THOSE REDWOODS DEFIED LOGIC!

       In 1980 and returning from the Los Angles area while visiting friends, we decided to drive to an area of the Redwood National Forest northeast of the LA area. It was not that far out of our way home and I had always wanted to see those "Giant" trees.

        When arriving we began winding up the mountain to view these beautiful giants. We kept going up and up and up. I finally stopped a guy that was headed down and asked him if there were actually huge trees on up! Oh Ya, was the reply.

       It was hard for me to believe that the higher we went we would see something at a higher altitude that would be that big. I was used to the Rocky Mountains and the higher you climbed the less was the oxygen thus larger trees would not survive.  But, up we went and yes around one more bend there they were along with the biggest one called "General Grant."

      One thing that happened when we first arrived at the top was that this huge pine cone fell right in front of our car. For years I displayed it on an small plastic easel on the fireplace mantle. Some day I will research the logic of how those large trees grew so big at that altitude.