Well hello there elk friends! It was in Redwood National Park that we encountered these large beasts. Were they in a fence you ask...NO! Which is great except that they could kill you in 2 seconds flat. Much like gender segregation in an elementary school, the male elk ate in one field adjacent to the female field. I had only seen an elk head (thanks dad!), which is neat in and of itself - elk are beautiful and quite strong.After our run in with the elks, we went to see some Redwoods. As always, they were not a disappointment. We managed to find a grove of trees that was recomended to us by a park ranger we ran into at a restaurant...should you ever go to this park, go to "Stout Grove." For lack of better words, it was awesome. It was raining and because of the mammoths, we managed to keep quite dry.
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Nice grove; Stout Grove.
I've only seen elk in the redwoods from a distance, like what you saw farther south. A week ago, a guide looking for the redwood "Terex Titan" bushwhacked right into the sleeping spot of a big elk - emailing to show us photos.
Across Mill Creek from Stout Grove and across Smith River from the campground by there, are some trees on this page:
Largest Coastal Redwood Trees / Photos
Lost Monarch and Del Norte Titan are a couple of the trees in that park.
Cheers,
M. D. Vaden of Oregon
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