Muir Woods National Monument is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world according to John Muir. (History)

We went on a ten-mile hike yesterday. Well, it wasn't supposed to be that long; but thanks to our professional hiker and genius Navigator "Bahram", we somehow got lost during our adventure to find the ocean without a map and had to go around the park and roll down as quickly as possible to beat the sunset.

But seriously, it was a pretty good hike, lots of old-growth redwood, mysterious rivers and beautiful wild flowers.

Oh, here are some pictures from the last hiking trip to Castle Rock. (Personal favorites: Link | Flower | Lizard)