Today I woke up all jazzed and ready to go, accomplished my morning routine and the teacher reminded us today was the day for Muir Woods! But first stop was The Petrified Forest in Calistoga, California.
These lopsided trees were not sculpted, but once a long time ago a volcano erupted and the volcanic ash covered these many trees in its smothering grasp. After many years of being trapped under tremendous heat and pressure these poor trees turned to stone as if Medusa’s eyes did it themselves.
Even though all of the old trees died in this eruption, some new trees popped up out of the fertile, and yet dead trees. The disintegration left extremely fertile soil for new trees to thrive.
Muir Woods was named after the savior of this 100 acres of land. His name was John Muir.
We then had a Park Ranger led talk. The ranger talked about the growth of the redwoods, and lots about how they are fire resistant because of a chemical they produce called tannin.
We took a short hike up the path and saw many natural beauties of Muir Woods National Monument.
Sadly our tour had to end.
At dinner I got a bit bored waiting in line for food, so I started shifting my morsels into a face, and the more and more morsels I got, turned into a whole person. Don’t blame me for playing with my food, my food wanted to play with me!
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