Day Five - Lessons Learned

We awoke Thursday morning in the land of Giants. The night before, having arrived ill equipped for camping of any sort, I 'm not sure Lloyd and I realized the magnitude of where we were. Road weary and frustrated by our lack of light, we had simply thrown up a tent and faded out. As I struggled out of the zipper the next morning, I realized I was dwarfed by an army of California Redwoods. And though impressive enough, nothing compared to what was waiting for us just across the river.

As we hiked the two mile Haouchi trail, we continued to see trees wider than most cars and taller than most city structures. Having completed our first trail, we then ventured in the other direction where we found even more trees of enormity, some of them twice the size in comparison to the largest ones on the Haouchi trail.

We returned to our camp site and decided to go into Crescent City for dinner. King's Pizza won our hearts with their heavily topped crust full of all things imaginable. A quick trip to the local Wal-Mart for fire building supplies and before we knew it, we were back at our campsite, strumming aimlessly on the guitar and watching each log closely as it burned to ashes. As I drifted off for a second night under the watchful eye of the wooden mammoths, I mulled over a few lessons learned:

• Always carry a flashlight.
• Like manna, only take enough roast beef for one day.
• State Park Showers take quarters.
• Never eat at Denny's. No matter how hungry you think you are.
• Sasquai (SASS-KWY) is the plural of Sasquatch
• God made big trees and small people and bears in between.

Kindest Regards,
Harvey