{"id":7519,"date":"2023-05-17T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2023-05-17T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:42:13","slug":"avenue-of-the-giants-redwoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=7519","title":{"rendered":"Avenue of the Giants &#8211; Redwoods!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On our way to the coast of No. California, we stopped in Myers Flat, CA so we could drive through the 31-mile hiway called the Avenue of the Giants.  It runs parallel to the 101, and there are several groves of ancient, giant redwoods along the way.  There are several trails to go further into the grove from the road as well, but we chose to not hike any trails as we had Chloe with us and my hip and Jeff&#8217;s knee were being a pain (literally)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we took the beautiful drive and stopped at some of the groves near the roadway.  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It runs parallel to the 101, and there are several groves of ancient, giant redwoods along the way. 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