The one log house lies beside the main Highway 101
Inside it is like a cross between a railway carriage and a windowless winnebago
The Grandfather Tree had the widest circumference of any redwood we had come across...
.. and here is a photo of another grandfather whose circumference is not quite as large as the tree's
South of Ukiah is the tiny town of Hopland where an alternative energy centre is situated. Here they illustrate graphically why they do not approve of drive-thru trees (a tourist feature of the area) but do approve of trees growing through cars!
They had a number of statues/models made of junk metal (another feature of the area). This one was the most impressive
... and the carefully-oxygenated ponds housed some lovely fish.
We stayed in Santa Rosa (about 60 miles north of San Francisco) for 4 nights and enjoyed the parks and gardens of the area. The Luther Burbank home and gardens are made over to the famous horticulturalist who made Santa Rosa his home at the beginning of the 20th century.
The rose garden had many pleasantly perfumed plants ... we had to sniff them all!
A walk around the Laguna wetland park in Sebastopol (6 miles west of Santa Rosa) found us confronted by more "nature": this turtle was on the path having wandered out of the water for a bite to eat
this snake was sunning itself on the path ...
The birds were spectacular but hard to photograph. There are scores of eagles soaring about the skies here ... and here is a red-winged blackbird. (The red on the front of the wings is quite shocking when the bird is in flight ... but even photographer Pat could not manage to picture one actually flying)
This is quite a common bird here ... but we do not know its name ... any suggestions?
and here is a night heron pictured in Spring Lake Park. We enjoyed a lovely walk around that park ...
... and Pat captured a FANTASTIC image (I think we should submit this last one into a photography competition)
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