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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Seaside Coastal Wildflowers of Pacifica and San Francisco (Northern California)
Last spring, I spent time in northern California in the San Francisco area. This post documents some of the May and June coastal wildflowers I saw while hiking near San Francisco and Pacifica.
Continue readingOld-Growth Coastal Redwood Forests Of Muir Woods National Monument (Northern California)
Recently, I visited Muir Woods National Monument, one of the last surviving old-growth coastal redwood forests in the world. I’ve been fascinated with old-growth forests since I was an Artist-in-Residence for the National Park Service at an old-growth Douglas fir forest in southwestern Oregon.
The monument was named for John Muir, an American conservationist, and a personal hero. Coastal redwood forests like this boast the world’s tallest trees. The tallest redwood in the park is a mere 258 feet. That’s over three blue whales (our largest animal) stacked end-to-end.
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