Tromping Through the Woods

When I was little, I believed (probably longer than I should have) that magical creatures like unicorns and fairies lived in the forest. Even now forests retain a mystical quality to them. The common forest animals, although not magical, are still quite charming. Deer and racoons and banana slugs, oh my! I use to live near a redwood forest and I often miss it. D and I would sometimes take books with us into the woods and read amongst the trees. This forest wasn't the forest I use to live near but it is still full of redwoods. There was also a cutesy gold rush/ old west tourist town to explore on the out skirts of the woods.