Day 167 - 16th November, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, 11.46 miles

Dnesok sme stravili prieskumom Humboldtovho Parku, bolo to zaroven take vencenie bicyklov, kedze tu nebolo nejake obzvlast vhodne miesto, kde by sme ich mohli nechat a zaroven pocasie sa od rana pomaly ale isto zhorsovalo. Takze sme trochu posilovali aj svoje ruky pri tlaceni nasich nalozenych tatosov. Hned z rana sme narazili na uzasnu obrovsku sekvoju s paradnou dutinou, kde by sme sa pohodlne zmestili aj nalezato, spolu aj so vsetkymi svojimi baglami. Chvilu sme nad tym rozmyslali a potom si povedali, ze ved preco nie... o miesto na noclah sme tym padom mali postarane. Potom sme si namahali krk zaklananim hlavy a snaziac sa dohliadnut vrcholky sekvoji, tyciace sa viac ako 100 metrov nad zemou a stracajucich sa v hmle. Hej, celkom sa zohmlilo a zacalo mrholit, potom trocha prsat, ale nie nadlho. Tlacili sme svoje 70 kg bajky po turistickom chodniku, klukatiacom sa lesom, obcas nam kopceky davali celkom zabrat a na zaver sme museli prebrodit potok a zdolat asi 5 metrov kolmu stenu brehu, kde boli iba vysekane schody. Tak sme sa trochu zahrali aj na nosicov :-). Pri prechode cez Rockefellerov okruh, s nadhernymi sekvojami, ale uz po tme sme nadabili na nejaku malu zenusku, sediacu pod sekvojou v hlbokej meditacii, v tej tme to posobilo zaujimavo. My sme si isli zameditovat do nasej dutej sekvoje. Celkom zaujimavy pocit spat v tisicrocnom strome. Spalo sa v nom vyborne.

Today we spent between magnificent redwoods, more hiking than biking. We found amazing tree with huge hollow, nearly perfectly round on the bottom and nice flat. Immediately we knew that this will be our next campingplace. Rest of the day we hiked between this, more than 300 feet high trees. It was raining a little bit and it was foggy, so we nearly didn't meet any people. Because there wasn't any good place where to leave our bikes we walked with them. It was quite funny, until the trail started to go uphill. Then there was one place where we had to wade through a creek (because it was already after season and the bridge was removed away) and pushed our bikes up onto very steep and high bank. Last part of the trail we did in the night, under one of the redwoods in the Rockefeller circle (part of park with the biggest trees) we met some woman in a deep meditation. Our own meditation/sleepingplace was in our perfect hollow tree, which we found in the morning, sleeping in the tree, I think that this was the first time. We really enjoyed it.