They say to Go Big or Go Home. We went and saw big on our way home by driving through the Avenue of the Giants and the Prairie Creek Forest off the Redwood Highway in Northern California.

This was the first big tree we encountered, but certainly wasn’t the biggest:

The kids ducked into a tree house fit for hobbits, gnomes, or small children:

Dustin tipped it over so you can see what it is like inside:

Then we drove through it:

And we met the man who chopped it down:

And his little friends who call this area Endor:

Then we met one of the wisest trees in the area (over 1,500 years old):

We thought about climbing the trees, but the first tree limbs to grab onto were a little out of reach:

The Easter Bunny even made an appearance by hiding eggs throughout the woods.

Finally, we crossed the state border to drive up the Oregon coast:

We saw some elk that seemed to be gazing at the ocean view just like us. On to more Oregon beauty tomorrow!