Day 1 begins with a view from one of the Redwood National Park Visitor Centers.
There is a reason they're called banana slugs at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
On a bluff overlooking a beach at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Heading into the canyon at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
A closer look at the canyon wall at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
There is a reason they named it Fern Canyon (located in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park)
Heaven on Earth at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Looking up the canyon at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Close-up of a moss covered canyon wall at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Heading up the canyon at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Fungus on a redwood at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Look closely - mystery fish in a pool at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
A 6 inch banana slug munching on a leaf in Fern Canyon in the Prarie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Toppled redwood at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 
Fungus at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Fungus at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Looking north along Gold's Bluff Beach at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Elk in Elk Prairie at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Elk in Elk Prairie at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Hugungous redwood tree at Redwood National Park
Looking up into the redwood branches at Redwood National Park
What's going on this with tree at Redwood National Park?
Fungus at home in Redwood National Park
More than 6 feet tall in diameter, a toppled redwood with moss and ferns at Redwood National Park
Fungus at Redwood National Park
Fungus, clovers and redwoods - oh my! - at Redwood National Park
A cone-shaped spider web amongst the moss on a redwood at Redwood National Park -- no spider was in sight
Looking up at a redwood tree at Redwood National Park 
Two married, or joined, redwoods at Redwood National Park
Redwood National Park
A big old mess of exposed redwood tree roots at Redwood National Park.
Day 2 begins with a hike and an egret (?) at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA 
Hungry shorebirds at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Blooming thistle at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Pelicans from a distance at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
A very loud songbird at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Ducks at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Night heron(?) at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA 
A shorebird at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
Carson Mansion, Eureka, CA -- Sadly, a private club
Carson Mansion, Eureka, CA
A well camoflouged butterfly feeding Eureka, CA
Victorian home in Eureka, CA
A well camoflouged butterfly feeding Eureka, CA
A steam donkey from Fort Humboldt National Historic Park, Eureka, CA
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Day 3: After spending much of the day tooling around Arcata, it was time to head to the airport. But before that, a brief sidetrip ... From Trinidad, CA, looking west. Boats are anchored as it lacks a large harbor.
From Trinidad, CA, looking south
From Trinidad, CA, looking north west (Note the pier)
From Trinidad, CA, looking south
From Trinidad, CA, looking south
View of the Pacific from Trinidad, CA before heading back to the airport and the heat of the southwest (sigh)
