大家提到Redwood National Park時,都理所當然的以為就是北加州靠海的那一片。但當我仔細查找資訊才知道,原來那一片是由多個州立公園和國家公園集結而成的。
選擇先前往Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park,是在背包客棧上看到棧友的大力推薦而決定的,但要事先將前往的地圖弄清楚,因為印象中此棧友差一點找不到路。
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is the last in a long string of redwood parks that stretch up Northern California's coast. A few miles inland from the ocean,the park is densely forested with huge ancient trees. In fact, it contains seven percent of all the old-growth redwoods left in the world. No roads or trails mark "Jed Smith's" core--just pure, primeval majesty.
The park was named for Jedediah Strong Smith, who in the 1820s became the first white man to explore the interior of northern California. The park was established in 1929 with a small parcel donated to Save the Redwoods League by the family of lumberman Frank Stout.
Today you can fish, snorkel, or kayak in the Smith River, the longest major free-flowing river in California; take a historic drive on Howland Hill Road; enjoy a campfire program at Jedediah Smith Campground; or hike through a lush rainforest on 20 miles of trails. The 1936 film Last of the Mohicans was filmed just upstream, in the Smith River National Recreation area.
“Thick redwood forest, banana slugs, a beautiful river, and pollywogs,” says Save the Redwoods League, which helped the state acquire more than 5,500 acres of redwoods here. “What more could you ask for?”
有前車之鑒,我當然是更加細心,從旅館開出不到三十分鐘就到了!
沒有任何心理準備(只知道紅木很大,但完全沒有概念),初見紅木真的只有張目結舌的份。
外頭的光線還很好,但一進入森林整個就暗了許多,忘了打開閃光機的蓋子,一開始照的都失敗了。
這是兒子很悽慘的模樣,雖然幫他擦藥包紮了,但傷口實在太大一片(擦傷),他的右側根本不敢隨便亂動,只好抱著衣服壓住傷口。
沿路有看到很多巨大紅木,但不是隨處可停車,所以我們找路寬大之處才來照相。
很可惜的是加州大旱,這條主要道路是條石子路,土石灰塵滿天飛,路兩旁的植物都蒙上一層灰,很難看!
很驚訝於眼前這高聳入雲的樹木,這應該是我們這輩子首次見到!
照張像紀念吧,哈哈,我似乎又忘了閃光燈。
這裡的紅木並非是最大的,但因為是我們首次見到,所以印象深刻外也特別喜愛。
不知道該用怎樣的形容詞來形容!
這還不算大
路邊很多傾倒樹木的截面
以我們的相機根本無法全部入鏡。
前面也有另一組人馬在參觀
這樣看這棵樹的截面,感覺不出到底有多大。
由女兒的身形來比對才知道有多壯觀!
沒想到也被刻了這麼這麼多記號!
原來古今中外,沒公德心的一點也不少!
偶有陽光從樹縫中洩下,覺得好美!
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