Jan 11, 2003: Big Basin State Park

En route to Big Basin - a spectacular view of the valley off Rt 9

The sign says that round trip to Berry Creek Fall from this point will take 6 hrs.  It took us only about 3 hrs.

Candied mushrooms!  Look at 9901 to see how much it

Lots of second-growth redwoods along the way.

One of the many bridges connecting the trails.

A fallen redwood.

Mushroom season is here.  Many more pics of mushrooms to come!

A perfectly round mushroom,

Mushrooms of all sizes and colors were everywhere.  These are less than 2 inches across

Moss grew all over live and decomposing trees.  Feather-like, they were very delicate-looking.

A little family of mushrooms. You can see some bugs on top of the leftmost specimen.

Plenty of water filled the abundant creeks.

This boulder is the size of a large van; spotted with lots of fern.

One of the many old-growth redwoods.  Takes you back a few thousand years!

A species of mushroom/fungus which we had never seen before!

Nature

Split log pieces leaning against another fallen redwood.

Greg & Jenny discover a colorful mushroom to the left.

The trail ran along a creek for some distance, offering serene sounds of babbling waters.

Mushrooms blossoming at the tip of a stick, almost like real flowers.