Giant Red Cedars

Ty needed to take some photos of some landscapes and trees for a project. The boys and I decided to follow along for the fun and it ended up being a blast. Good thing we brought coats and hats because we ran into a little bit of snow. Up past Elk River lives the largest tree in Idaho, a giant red cedar. It was pretty big. Ty took pictures of the walkway, and design of the park. Who knew that Landscape Architects design stuff for National Parks. I didn't, but they all are. Way cool. I can totally see Ty designing and building some of these preservations someday.

Heading down the path. Just starting.

Rare picture of just me and Paycen! I guess his feet were cold and I was the next best (Ty was holding the camera who is obviously the first best)


Sorry, I guess it's a western red cedar...


This is it! The Giant Red Cedar!

A more distant shot of the tree. It's no redwood, but it is the biggest tree that I've ever seen!

Ty promised it would be 2 hours at the most. Well our little excursion took us all day. Well worth it. It has been hard getting out of the house lately. We live in the Pacific time zone and we are unfortunately right on the boundary line. That means with the time change, it starts to get dark at 3:30 and it finally dark at like 4:15. So depressing, but hey...Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up, and we are all excited for the holidays.