some California magic:
driving distance from Fortuna to Standish-Hickey state park ~70 miles. Distance along Eel river btw same two points probably at least double (?). I believe Einstein did a calculation of river meandering factor as a function of gradient (shallow = high meander, and vice versa); but i digress. This post is about anadromous steelhead that makes it up these many miles from the ocean, some several times during their lives. The first eerie feeling that I was in fact in Alaska happened before I got to talking with the ranger about the trout; during a hike in the cool redwoods above the river unsuccessfully searching for the 1200 year old ‘big tree’
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