Yes, but, it wasn't just a tree was it, Ali?
These were the magnificent redwoods.
The tallest trees in the world.
John Kent bought this forest to protect the Redwoods and to prevent the Water Board from damming and flooding the valley. However, he wanted no credit for it, just because he was rich enough to be able to afford to buy it, so the forest was named after his friend William Muir, another naturalist.
It isn't the easiest of places to get to but we sweet talked Antony from City Sightseeing Buses to let us buy an "Add-On" which basically meant we got a ferry to Sausalito and then hopped onto Bwormer's Muir Woods bus. (After a second Sausalito fish and chip lunch)
These trees can even survive fire.
Although this tree stump in the middle looks burnt out, there was enough life in its roots underground that new shoots grew and are now the surrounding trunks.
Nice trunk!
We made it all the way up to Camp Alice Eastwood...well, we like climbing, and it was so peaceful amongst these beautiful trees.
It really wasn't "Just a tree"
The Muir Woods shop is ace but we had a bus to catch and a ferry after that so we had to be quick. There's always time for a Bear Pic though.
And after the ferry back to San Francisco...
...it was Barbie-on-the-Roof Night.
YET ANOTHER FANTASTIC DAY :)
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