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create_destiny ([personal profile] create_destiny) wrote2007-07-29 08:33 pm

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

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The BF and I headed to Gold Bluff Beach on the northern coast for some weekend camping. We brought his crack monkey dog and a good time was had by all. (Actually, I threw many hissy fits on the way but it was all worth it once we got to walking barefoot in the surf and tossing driftwood into the waves for the dog to fetch.) Being a mostly deep-woods camper, this was the first time I ever camped on a beach. I felt awkwardly exposed without a canopy of trees protecting me. But it was pretty damn spiffy blissing out on a campfire and hearing the sounds of the ocean churning behind us. An Elk walked up to the campground about 150 yards from where we were camped. We tried to take some pics but it was dusky and we were too beat to set up the tripod.

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There's a bunch of hikes along the coast in places called "Fern Canyon." One of them is here at the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Walls of ferns, I tell ya!

[identity profile] bug-311.livejournal.com 2007-07-31 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Fabulouso!!! I love the bottom picture. It looks like a place where nessy slugs would hide, though.

[identity profile] ygolonac.livejournal.com 2007-07-31 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently they have an annual banana slug festival there.

[identity profile] bug-311.livejournal.com 2007-08-02 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Slugs are freaking nasty! I would have to question the sanity of anyone attending a slug festival.

[identity profile] createdestiny.livejournal.com 2007-07-31 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
We didn't see any slugs.