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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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Redwoods are the tallest trees on earth, and well protected. Only 50 cars a day are allowed in the park and from the Tall Trees Grove, where the giants are, it is still a strenuous walk down, and later up. Many visitors do not take that effort, so few people see the giants. The California redwoods (sequoia sempervirens) is he only conifer in the world which can multiply itself by sprouting out of the roots. So an old tree is surrounded by his offspring and often you see a circle of giants while the ancestor is already dead. The trees can live 1000-2000 years. To be more accurate, the dead center of the tree is that old, but the living substance under the bark is never more than 30 years old.
After a long walk we at last discovered the highest tree on earth, 112m high. Very impressive. The forest was shrouded in ferns and Spanish moss, what hung like shabby curtains from the branches.