Tour Thru Tree

During our drive we kept seeing signs for “Tour Thru Tree” and found that pretty confusing.  I kept thinking that they forgot the “S” on their signs.

After “Trees of Mystery” we drove on to the small town of Kalamath. That morning we carefully looked at maps online to figure out where to go, and where to stay. But when we got to Kalamath things went a bit crazy. The first campground we picked to stay in was closed! There was no mention of that on their website, or on the sign pointing to it, but no big deal. We used our truck navigation system to find another one, just a couple miles away. Deserted. So with sunset quickly approaching we found another one. Also closed. And up for sale. So we drove around the little town, looking for somewhere else. We hit a dead end road, and had to do an Austin Powers turn. We finally got turned around, and decided to head back up the highway to the “Trees of Mystery” area, where we had seen a couple of open RV parks. But right before we go to the highway, Dean spotted another place and it was actually open. It was called the Campers Corral, which sounded a little cutsie for my taste. But it was actually great, wide open grassy fields, and beautiful trees. There was a very friendly guy who drove up on his 4 wheeler and told us to make ourselves at home. He suggested a few things to do in the area, including the Tour Thru Tree. Even the internet had a great connection.  

After a nice evening of Netflix and a good night sleep we decided to check out the town of Kalamath and the Tour Thru Tree.  At the gate we found a sign that said they were away, but trusted us to pay our $5. Of course we did, and continued driving up the path. Where we found a live Redwood tree, with the middle carved out, so you could drive through.

Keeping in mind that our truck is brand new, and only had about 2000km on it, we decided to give it a try anyway.

Dean is clearly very excited that his truck made it through without a scratch!

Although driving through the tree was actually pretty fun, it wasn’t an all day activity. We hit the town next, but it was basically a store and casino, with a Holiday Inn attached. And it was starting to rain. Although we’d planned to spend another night we quickly decided to move on down the road.