Trees - Redwoods National Park

indescribable experience: went for a 4h/4 mile hike in a limited-access, totally remote area of the park (think Wilkeson/Carbonado, then 7 miles/20 minutes on a winding county road climbing into the mountains, then through a combination-lock locked gate and another 7 miles/30 minutes on a winding gravel-one-lane road with turnouts {no other traffic since I left the main highway almost an hour ago} to the trailhead and three other cars {actually a welcome sight!}); hike itself was down into a remote valley where the Redwoods had been spared from ever having been logged; trees over 30stories high/300', over 1000 years old, with many that had died naturally or been blown down in their coastal hurricane-force winds (many had sections cut out to clear the trail and one just had a 7' high 'doorway' cut through the 9' diameter trunk); one of the top five experiences of my life, an hour in the presence of the force that shaped all/the universe/theTao/THE/...hope to be able to recall till I leave this existence in 50-70 years (glad I don't carry a camera anymore, pictures couldn't do justice to the reality.)

the "Grove of the Patriarchs" in Rainier National Park is only a '3' (versus '10' above).

locally, the trail south off SE 36th just east of the Sunset Ravine is a '1', but evokes the 'feel' and memories.