So that night we camped at Prairie Creek, which is part of the Redwood National/State Park area. This time we didn’t fall into a sleepy spell, we decided to go on an 8 mile hike starting at 7:00 pm. It went through another redwood forest–this one was a little more mossy and still amazing. It was nice hiking at low elevation; we hiked pretty quickly and got to the beach in about two hours, just in time to watch the sun set. Sitting out on the beach was probably my favorite part of the trip.

The hike back was pretty interesting. It got dark about 15 minutes after we started. We had only brought one flashlight, so we ended up hiking right next to each other so we could avoid tree roots. I discovered that hiking up-hill is a lot easier when you can’t actually see the hill. It was a little freaky hiking in the dark through these huge trees–but we made it back quickly.

The stars were out that night too–I usually sleep too much to see a lot of stars, but I like them when I do. We were sitting at the end of the hike watching the starts, and then this fog rolled in all of a sudden. Pretty cool. It was about midnight by then, so we were pretty tired, especially after the hike. No trouble sleeping that night.