The Incredible Redwoods of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Last fall, my partner and I had the opportunity to spend two weeks at an artist retreat through Creekside Arts, a Humboldt County, California, arts nonprofit.

When not working on our respective writing projects, we explored the Redwood National and State Parks as part of some ongoing research I was doing centered around the redwoods.

Of all the parks we visited in the Redwood National and State Parks, the trees of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park were by far the most impressive.

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Residency | Cape Disappointment State Park (Long Beach Peninsula)

In May and early June, I spent time at Cape Disappointment State Park as an artist-in-residence in the Sou’wester Artist Residency Program. I spent a week hiking through coastal rainforests, headlands, beaches, and coves on Cape Disappointment and the Long Beach Peninsula.

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