Sunday, February 12, 2017

Redwood Regional Park (1/13/2017) - Oakland, CA

If you haven't heard the news, the San Francisco Bay Area has gotten hit with several mega storms during the month of January (and is still continuing in February). On 1/13/2017, I decided to take a trip to Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, CA to check out the storm damage. I took quite some photos while there and I am here to show you. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos. I also shot vlog on this trip, you can view it here.

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After a rainstorm, comes mushrooms! Here are 2 photos of mushrooms growing on dead trees. 

A photo of the Redwood Creek shot on Stream Trail. Please note that when I came to the park last year, this creek was completely dry. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 48 35 N 122 09 09 W 

A photo of Redwood Creek and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) shot on Stream Trail.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 48 47 N 122 09 28 W 


A photo of Redwood Creek. As you can see the rain storm practically turned the creek into a river. This area used to be completely dry.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 48 51 N 122 09 37 W  

A photo of Stream Trail and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 48 52 N 122 09 39 W  

Recent rainstorms left many new streams flowing over Stream Trail. In the background is Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 48 54 N 122 09 40 W  

  Black and white process of the photo above.


The rainstorms also damaged the trails. Here is a warning sign set up on Stream Trail so people don't step on the part of the trail which is eroding away. In the background is Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 48 58 N 122 09 45 W  

 Black and white process of the photo above. 

A photo of Redwood Creek and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) shot on Stream Trail.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 49 06 N 122 09 53 W  

A photo of Redwood Creek and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) shot on Stream Trail. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 49 21 N 122 10 16 W 


A photo of Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) shot on Stream Trail. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 49 21 N 122 10 16 W  

I saw a beam of light shining down through the forest canopy. I thought it would make a great photo. This is a photo of Stream Trail, Redwood Creek, and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 49 25 N 122 10 23 W  

 Black and white process of the photo above. 

More photos of the storm damage. A few Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) actually fell across the trail, and there was several overhead that was about to fall. I took a risk and decided to climb over the fallen trees to continue on my adventure. There wasn't too much to take photos of that day, so this is the last photo of my trip. Photo was shot on Stream Trail.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 49 27 N 122 10 28 W 

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed the photos! If you want to see my vlog of this trip, you can view it here. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.