Muir Woods

Muir Woods.
On Monday we drove back over the Golden Gate Bridge to Muir Woods which is home to the Coastal Redwoods. According to the information we received they are some of the tallest and oldest in existence. We were just thrilled to be able to enjoy the beauty of them with our daughter Erica and grandsons Dalton and Malakai. To think that these goliaths were nearly cut down to extinction by our forefathers and others using the wood for building. Seeing they grow so slowly, perhaps they will be able to withstand a few more generations to oogle over and enjoy. The walk on the trails is pleasant and relatively easy walking. Considering the other hikes we have done. No major fires in this grove for the last 150 years. We even managed to find a couple of deer with young ones eating the grass along the stream embankment. Seeing wildlife in their natural enviroment is an extra bonus not matter where you are. We were glad to have postponed this walk for a day, as there were so many people here on Sunday that the parking lot was closed. There we still a lot of visitors and many foreign tour groups but we managed to elude most of them by walking a longer trail and going in the opposite direction of the crowds. There is also young samon and trout in the steam, we're sure it has a whole lot more water during the spring time, but the pools were still deep enough to support them.
On our drive back to San Francisco we took the side tour to the Sausalito waterfront. A quaint village of shops, restaurants, waterviews, large yachts, and cottages and a great view of San Francisco coastline and building high on a hill. We managed to see one of the yachts owned by Carly Fiorina that been in the news out here as her rival Senator Barbara Boxer has made headlines with how extravagant this is and that Fiorina owns another one that is docked on the Potomac in Washington D.C. Two boats, two houses or more, that's politics for you and all that we will discuss about it. Sadly enough one must return to there home base and leave some thing to do for the next trip.