Why the Redwood? Part One

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    My Husband and I took a trip in 2013. We visited the beautiful California cost and the lumbering forests of the Sequoia sempervirens, or Giant Redwood. The forest is stunning, moss covered beds line the floor, separated by vast space before the first distant branches of the giant trees sprout. The damp quiet environment gives way to distant birds singing in the unseen sky above. The dappled sunlight cascading off the ruddy trunks leaves a slight red glow which offsets the green wide leafed ferns at there base of the giants. The peacefulness is unrelenting and impossible to resist even for the greatest skeptic.
A photo of us on horseback, riding through old growth redwood forests.
Photo Credit- Kurtis Ostrom
    The trees are not only beautiful, the have a great story to tell. Our guide informed us that not just one, but many of the trees around us have been living for over 2,000 years. They grow as tall, or taller in some cases, than a towering 350 feet. The statue of Liberty is only 305 feet, for comparison.


Can you see me?
Photo Credit- Kurtis Ostrom
    As you look around you notice the trunks of most of the trees are burnt out. I guess when you have lived for 2,000 years you have seen a few forest fires. The amazing thing is that the trees are still alive and, other than the scar they carry, unscathed. The fire only burns out the middles of the trees leaving the tough exterior to grow and continue on. A redwood can have up to a foot of bark which contains tannin to protects the tree not only from fire but rot and insects as well. The most amazing things about this is that fire renews nutrients in the soil allowing the trees to thrive.
A redwood’s bark can be 1 foot thick, and it contains tannin, which protects the tree from fire, insects, fungus and diseases. - See more at: http://santacruz.hilltromper.com/article/ten-amazing-facts-about-redwoods#sthash.oHwim2pW.dpuf
A redwood’s bark can be 1 foot thick, and it contains tannin, which protects the tree from fire, insects, fungus and diseases. - See more at: http://santacruz.hilltromper.com/article/ten-amazing-facts-about-redwoods#sthash.oHwim2pW.dpuf
A redwood’s bark can be 1 foot thick, and it contains tannin, which protects the tree from fire, insects, fungus and diseases. - See more at: http://santacruz.hilltromper.com/article/ten-amazing-facts-about-redwoods#sthash.oHwim2pW.dpuf
A redwood’s bark can be 1 foot thick, and it contains tannin, which protects the tree from fire, insects, fungus and diseases. - See more at: http://santacruz.hilltromper.com/article/ten-amazing-facts-about-redwoods#sthash.oHwim2pW.dpuf

 Photo Credit- Kurtis Ostrom Photography
    This is a great reminder of how we go through troubles in our lives. During hard times, we may not think we can make it, but we do. We come out the other side with a better understanding of ourselves and our strengths. We will always remember the hard times, because we all carry scars with us, but we can live on a thrive from our knowledge that we CAN make it.

    Be a Happy Redwood.


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