Bad Knees Travel

This canyon is breath taking. Fern walls, going straight up from the canyon floor, towering redwoods. You walk right up the creek, where boards have been placed across the creek. Plan on your feet getting wet. Early in the season, very wet. Location Distance: 1.2 mile. Loop, Maintained dirt and creek bed Elevation: Flat till upper trail, then stairs. Crowded in season $8 per car, No dogs, Bathrooms. While this trail can be crowded during the season, it is so spectacular that it should be on your bucket list. And bring your camera, the good one with a tripod if you have one. If you are driving up Hwy 101, plan for a stop here. It is a 7 mile, beautiful drive to the parking lot. Road prohibited for large vehicles or trailers. Not good for very low slung cars as you may have to ford a creek, especially early in the season. Animals: Do not mess with the animals. That is not Bambi, that is an elk that does not like you. Give them space, or turn around and go back.   The ...

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On my recent trip to Eureka, Ca., I got a chance to visit the new attraction at the Sequoia Park Zoo: The Redwood Sky Walk with Kay and our new trail buddy Nancy. I am more than a little amped about this. When I went to the zoo in 2018 they  had just announced the plans for the Sky Walk.  I had many strong but conflicting feelings about it.  Would it be glitter and glam? Would the trees suffer? Would it be accessible for me, or worse be so overly accessible that it was ridiculous? I am pleased to find that this new feature is going to take this small town, pleasant zoo, and make it a world class exhibit. And I am going to encourage all to make the stop as they do the Highway 101 trek north. And don’t give me that “It’s too steep for me” or “I’m afraid of heights.”  No matter what  you think your limitations are, I hope you will give this a try.  There is a web site that you may or may not want to visit first. It has info on the zoo, but the SkyWalk part it ...

Humboldt is one of the best places in the world to go hiking. Late this spring I had the great joy of exploring some of the easier trails with my hiking buddy Kay. This post is about some of the resources I found helpful in finding some of these trails. I promise more trails as I get going. I hope that some of these resources help you to find great walks in your area, and that you send me some of the trails that you have found. Note: Please support independant book sellers.  I know I could make money by linking these to that place that will remain unnamed, but it is so important to support these small businesses.  If you are in Eureka I can highly reccomend the local new and used book store Booklegger. The Creaky Knees Guides . I found this series in a used bookstore in Arizona. Well actually, I found their Oregon book in Arizona, and have since bought the rest of them. Many of their hikes are more ambitious than I am, but the easier hikes are perfect for me. Each hike has...