All In Perspective

I stopped in the parks visitor center to inquire about camping among the giants. Unfortunatly I found the $20 price to be to steep for sleeping in my car, even if I was in the Redwoods. While I was in the visitors center, I learned about a massive flood that had effected the erea first in 1954 and then again in 1964!

Most of the towns along the Eal River were wiped out when a massive flood on Christmas caused the river to rise out of its already massive cannyon and continue to rise an additional 35 feet above the Avenue of Giants. Massive carnage ensued as all the major bridges, railroads and highways in the area were wiped out. Hundreds died and thousands lost there homes never to return or rebuild. It would take two years to get the highways and bridges open again.

An interesting bit of trivia, that made me think of New Orleans.