Monday, October 18, 2010

RICHARDSON GROVE STATE PARK

AT RICHARDSON GROVE STATE PARK OUR FAMILY USED TO CAMP AND RIDE OUR BIKES AS WELL AS SWIM DURING THE SUMMER. IT USED TO HAVE A NICE INTERPRETIVE CENTER WHERE YOU COULD SEE GRIZZLEY BEAR, BOBCATS, BIRDS, AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER MAMMALS THAT LIVED IN THE FOREST. THERE ALSO WAS A PLACE THAT SHOWED THE FISH IN THE EEL RIVER. THE BIRDS WERE STUFFED AND THEY USED TO HAVE NIGHTTIME CAMPFIRE PROGRAMS.

WE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD TIME THERE AND BUILT A FIRE AS THE OTHER CAMPERS DID. HIKING IS A GREAT ACTIVITY AT THIS PARK AS THERE ARE MANY TRAILS UNDERNEATH THE CAANOPY OF THE REDWOODS AND MIXED OAK FORESTS. THERE IS A REDWOOD TREE BY THE INTERPRETIVE CENTER WHICH HAD BEEN BURNT THROUYGH THE CENTER. IT NOW STILL LIVES AND HOUSES A HUGE FAMILY OF BATS.

IT IS A WELL KNOWN STATE PARK AND LARGE GATHERINGS OCCUR HERE AS THEY HAVE A BIG CAMPGROUND WITH LONG PICNIC TABLES.

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