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A couple of posts ago, I wrote about some of the spiders that we encountered while at Richardson Grove in the redwoods. Most particularly, I mentioned a very large spider found in a towel atop the picnic table at our campsite. It looked to be a Tarantula of some kind (see photos below), […]
We camped in two different sites on three nights in the redwoods and did a little hiking and exploring in several groves. One of the nicest spots we came across was the California Federation of Women’s Clubs grove. We followed the narrow winding road into the grove and found the above pavilion looming […]
Saturday morning, while packing up our gear after a couple of nights spent at Richardson Grove in the redwoods, I got a small surprise when this spider climbed out of a towel sitting on the picnic table (click on all photos for larger views). Looks like some species of Tarantula, but I don’t know […]
After setting up camp and heating up our dinner over the campfire, it was time for some fun of the entomological kind. We paid a visit to the nearby outhouse building to check out the insect activity. Moths were the main event, although we also found the largest cranefly I’ve probably seen […]
We left the McCloud River area a few days ago, and wandered along in the general direction of the redwood coast. Our path led us through the town of Willits, and back to the Phoenix Bread Company - a bakery that my friend and I discovered on last year’s journey.
We were hoping […]