Redwood National Park, California
My grandparents drove from Saskatchewan to Redwood National Forest on their honeymoon, 98 years ago.

William (Billie) Paton and Florence (nee Bekker) in California or Southern Oregon, in 1926
Russ and Terri (Bear) Paton, Redwood National Park, 2024

It is highly unlikely that the tree behind us is the same one Grandpa and Grandma posed beside on their honeymoon a century ago, but it could be. Redwood trees live for a very long time, over 2000 years in most cases.
One living tree in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is named The President. It is estimated to be 3200 years old.


Bear and I enjoyed a day roaming among the Redwoods. They make us feel …
… Relatively Young.
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