Our forum’s mighty zeppelin , the XMTSAS Saltire, had traveled from Bicknell Grange to return to her home base here in sunny California to be present for the Nor Cal Rabble’s Burns’ Night Supper.

With only a few days in the area before heading off on her next adventure I wanted to take the opportunity to have her see a few sights here in the Bay Area.

She visited Stanford University (previously seen on another thread)

Near one of the entrances



And did a quick flyover Hoover Tower





Here in the Bay Area we have some of the most amazing forests of redwood trees . The Flame-Haired celtic Amazon Goddess and I thought that our members might like a small peek at some of them. So the morning before our Burns Night Supper we flew to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park have a look at them.

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=546








Some of the trees have survived forest fires that have left their centers burned and hollow



The Saltire inside one that was hollowed out some twenty feet up





With one of the famous local residents of our redwood forests (Mascot of the University of California Santa Cruz).



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug

The poor banana slug was quite startled by the sudden appearance of a bright blue zeppelin descending down to briefly touch down for a picture before launching skyward in time to make it to our Burns Night Supper.

More to come...