It's been a while since i have been to the redwoods. One of the coolest things i noticed is that when you get to less visited areas there is an incredibly thick carpet of the fallen leaves. It's super soft and super quiet. It's the strangest feeling walking through it. Some of trees have hollow spaces in the trunks that are as big as a small house. Nice to duck in out the rain
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Haha! that is just astounding, I need to go sometime. so when you went you could go far into the forest and be by yourself? That would be an epic experience!
There's a lot a places you could go. Not all the redwoods are as big as those but they are still huge. Some places like that have more visitors to see the famous trees. If you do go i suggest checking the area temperature for what time of year you plan on going. It can be very hot in summer in some areas. It was 103 in Ukiah the time i went through there. Not fun at all. Luckily for me Humboldt Bay is not far from there and it was 68 degrees there.
wow! howdy today sir rossfletcher! It was 68 degrees not far from the forest where it was 103?
I think wintertime would be wonderful and less crowds. And of course it wouldn't be suffacating in the forest!
I should look on the map but it didn't take too long to get down by ocean where it was much cooler
Yes sir rossfletcher, the ocean is great in the summer but kinda freezing in the winter with nothing to block the wind. In most places, not Southern California!
Have you ever seen the old movie Endless Summer? Most of the spots they filmed were filmed in winter! Surfers have always been meteorologists of a sort. Especially in the old days before the internet. Winter cold fronts are generally what create the swells that people surf. The northern and southern hemisphere winter fronts crossing the globe over the Pacific and Atlantic generate the vast majority of swell. Once and a while a tropical low pressure like a hurricane will whip up a swell. Often the same storm crossing Russia will snow in Northern Japan then send swell to Hawaii then California and maybe even snow in Texas as it moves east - or at least bring rain. Hmmm i didn't check if Texas gets any snow? Haha.
The pro surfing tour is currently in South Africa at Jeffery's Bay. Winter in Africa.
Onshore wind is always bad for surfing conditions. it's not always onshore though. So you surf around the wind.
Howdy again sir rossfletcher! That old movie sounds very familiar but I don't think I ever saw it. But that's funny that it was filmed in the winter. lol.Also very interesting about the weather patterns that surfers watch, I didn't realize it would be to that extent but it makes perfect sense! Great information.