Redwoods Nat’l Park in Nor-Cal has a great 20 mile loop

Whatever you are doing, stop. It is imperative that you go see the giant Redwoods. All creatures of this earth need to. When you see your first big grove, it is hard not to weep. Our family spent the better part of a week exploring Redwoods Nat’l Park. Although the local state parks have some amazing groves, Redwoods NP reaches over the foothills & out to the rugged coastline, & it has some bike trails! For all the hype surrounding mountain biking in CA, we found no trail systems that rival those back east. However, we were glad to see that bikes were allowed in the Redwoods NP. Packed up for the day, we rolled out of Prairie Creek. We chose to head north on the interior road, then cross to the ocean on the Ossagon Trail. Just 3 miles long, the Ossagon trail weaves its way up & over the foothills, & drops down to the dunes. We spotted a herd of Roosevelt Elk as soon as we could here the roar of the waves. Following the Coastal Trail back south was a bit tricky, because there was a huge marsh. Once we got through the muck, the trail got fast & fun. We took our time exploring all the features of the mile coastal trail. About dinner time, we rolled back into camp. That night i dreamed about waterfalls, giant elk, bodacious trees & little people.

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Giant Sequoias & rippin’ fast trail in CA.

 Our family rolled into California, with one thing on our mind, big trees! We exitted 1-70 just past Truckee, got onta CA Scenic Rt. 20 and continued west. The ladies it was time for a stop. We decided to roll down a bit gravel & found ourselves surrounded by some enormous trees. And right there, was a trailhead & map showing that we had just rolled into a sweet trail system called ‘Skillman’.

We did what any starving cycling family who’d just crossed the country would do, we went riding!

The trails were dusty a covered with beautiful wildflowers. Our bikes were entertained by the banked turns and super fun drops and root jumps. Our minds & eyes were bewildered by the massive Giant Sequoias all along the ridge.

Some 3-hours later, we rolled back to our van, and finally ate our lunch. And it was good.

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