Today we visited Big Basin Redwoods State Park, which was devastated by a wildfire
in 2020 this month. At the time, it seemed the first time
famously fireproof California redwoods had fallen prey to fire, but three years on most of the trees are apparently recovering!
The weather was gorgeous, all the new growth radiantly green - but you're not supposed to be seeing more than the occasional patch of blue sky in a coast redwood forest. A ranger suggested we go to nearby Henry Cowell State Park to see what Big Basin looked like and - perhaps in several decades - will look like again.
It was probably wise to see these parks in this sequence... Meanwhile, giant sequioas caught in recent fires
have not been as lucky.
famously fireproof California redwoods had fallen prey to fire, but three years on most of the trees are apparently recovering! 
