Oregon Coast I, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

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Trip Date: September 17, 2017

I was at the Smith River once before, having come up to camp while I was going the Humboldt State back in the early 1980’s.  It is an incredibly beautiful place with massive old-growth Redwoods and the Smith River.  They filmed the speeder bike scenes on Endor, home of the Ewoks in 1983’s Return of…
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Red Rock Canyon State Park

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Trip Date: January 16, 2015

No two trips are created equal.   They are all born differently, and grow differently, and develop uniquely.  This trip was the second at about this time of year – the first trip of the year.  Last year, Bob, Steve, and I headed to Carrizo Plain National Monument for what turned out to be a fantastic…
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Central California Coast State Parks

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Trip Date: October 17, 2013

I don’t remember when this was as I am writing this several years later, however, it was either during the Rim Fire in Yosemite in 2013 or when the federal government shut down due to the lack of a budget which was also in 2013, so my hunch is this trip occurred in October of…
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Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

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Trip Date: July 7, 2006

The dates on the pictures say July 7-9, 2006, so I will have to take them for their word as this is April 11, 2018.  There also are 2 photos in the folder that don’t match that further blurs the memories, but I do recall the basic premise was to camp on the North coast…
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