Wow, that was close! the tree almost
fell over! Well, now that I have straightened the tree out, let's talk
about it a bit more. It is still the Chandelier Tree, but years ago, someone
carved their initials in it, but then decided that was tacky... well,
not really, they made it a "Drive Through" tree. The opening
where I am standing is approximately 6 ft 4 inches tall by 6 ft wide.
And yes, theoretically, you can drive a small car through it. Perhaps
a VW Beetle.
Besides the Chandelier Tree, we
drove parallel to Hwy 101 on the Avenue of the Giants and like I said
before, "Once you have seen a Redwood, everything else...."....
You get the idea. The road meanders through a forest of mainly Redwoods
in the lower areas and some spruce and other conifer trees, but is a beautiful
drive and we recommend it. On to Ferndale!
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