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A Summer Day Hiking Among the Redwood Trees

·San Francisco, California·#hiking#summer#bay area#forest#redwoods
Two young children look towards the camera, standing between massive tree trunks, one wearing a purple arm cast.

We spent a sunny day in late June 2012 hiking through a redwood grove. The kids immediately turned the forest into a playground, finding a large, hollowed-out tree trunk to climb inside. It’s always startling to see just how small they look standing next to the base of these trees.

They explored the trail, one with a new pair of binoculars and the other navigating the path just fine with a fresh purple cast on her arm. The light coming through the canopy was bright and warm as they walked along the dirt path.

I found my own spot to explore, wedging myself between the trunks of two massive redwoods that had grown together. It was a strange and impressive perspective, looking straight up from between them into the high green canopy. It's a good way to feel completely dwarfed by your surroundings.

Two young children stand near a large tree trunk and a dark, cavernous interior; one wears a purple arm cast.A child with binoculars and a white cap peeks from behind a tree trunk in a sunlit forest.A child in a white cap and blue dress holds a thin tree trunk, with bright green foliage in a forest.Two children walk on a sun-dappled forest path; one wears a purple dress and arm cast, the other a hat and binoculars.A person stands smiling between two massive redwood trees, touching a large burl on the right trunk.Looking up at a person navigating between two giant tree trunks, framed by green leaves against a bright sky.From below, a person stands between two towering tree trunks, with green leaves visible against a bright sky.A person stands between massive redwood trees, looking up at the bright green leaves and sun-drenched sky.

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