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Onward, By All Means: To The Redwoods

Onward, By All Means: To The Redwoods

E.B. White’s undying faith

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Apr 02, 2025
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We’ve got a long travel day ahead of us before we reach Redwood National Park this afternoon. It will be a pleasant drive, one of our favorites of the trip. Before being delivered to the “other” big trees, we’ll revisit the California Coast.

Like many of you, I have my concerns about what has and is transpiring to science, nature, libraries, schools, the environment, medicine, simple honesty, rights of all kinds, etc. Unfortunately and maddeningly, the marathon list goes on. Hell, even some words are being banned.

Lucky me, it’ll get to pray to the glistening sea and to the Redwoods in groves so dense it will be hard to see the sunlight. 

Late tomorrow, we return to the mythic Oregon Coast, one of the highlights of our itinerary. After Samwise fell sick last year, we canceled our visit. Hence, it will be even more rewarding. We’re staying in a sleepy little town, in a charming hideaway rental far off the main road. It promises to be the most unique stay of our five months on the road. 

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