hi I’m Ashley Kalina and I’m here in
beautiful Napa Valley to talk to you
about national get outdoors day
I’m here with National Geographic and
our friends at Nature Valley we’re here
to experience the beautiful outdoors now
I’m not the expert here but I do have a
wonderful expert who is going to answer
all of your questions and all my
questions too let me introduce you to
Jay absolutely welcome to both a Napa
Valley Park thank you so can you tell me
and all of our wonderful viewers a
little bit more about this park that
we’re in right now sure well even though
it doesn’t look like a what most people
think of we’re in Napa Valley so we’re
in this woodland setting but our
proximity is really what we’re known for
for the vineyards for the great wine but
you can kind of bet the best of both
worlds here by camping hiking and then
having the access to the to the valley
as well so how many trails aren’t there
in this park that people can walk on
yeah there’s about 10 miles of trails
total and we’ve got two different trail
systems so this one is allowing ricci
canyon and you can do loops of up to six
miles or but what’s really great about
is you actually have the access here to
the creek to the redwood trees you don’t
have to walk far necessarily to get that
access and so I am not I’m not an avid
hiker I don’t go outdoors that much but
I love experiencing nature what kind are
these trails like expert trails or can
anybody really kind of get out here the
majestic nature out here like I was
saying that the access is really great
for the creeks and the creeks is one of
our main features here the redwood grows
which we’ll probably be seeing here
today and and the oak woodlands around
as well so yeah that that’s really
accessible if you want something harder
there’s some moderately strenuous hikes
which are just going to have that much
more variety you know 700 800 foot of
elevation gain so most people can can
handle that would enjoy that as well now
you said there’s also camping here what
kind of camping is available yeah we’ve
got the standard car camping that people
are used to but we also have yurts and
cabins wait I’m gonna stop you for a
second what’s a yurt for people who
don’t know sure so a yurt is basically a
tent a lot
our tent that’s already set up made of
canvas what’s nice is you’ve got beds in
there and in cots and and sometimes
tables so it’s just kind of a nice
glamping option for people who want that
so what is something that you love
telling people on your nature hikes yeah
so there’s several things we’re gonna
see I mean we’ll be seeing the Redwood
and the Doug Fir forest which is home to
this northern spotted owl so it’s that’s
the kind of habitat that they need so
that’s that’s something that’s featured
here will see some things as we’re just
walking along the forest floor that are
a little less obvious that all that I’ll
point out great as well now the northern
spotted owl is that a threatened species
it is yeah it’s an endangered species
and it’s protected here and we have some
people some experts come here and study
the nests that are further up there up
the canyon as well do they have any
special identifying markers I know
there’s a lot of really cool birds that
live here right yeah I mean one is
they’re rarely seen so it’s not a bird
that I’ve seen you know except in
pictures right and I just want to remind
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what else can we see kind of a long the
path here that’s that’s interesting that
people might not pick up if we walk up a
little bit further here there’s
something called an oak call it rhymes
with ball so it’s easy to remember we
should have one coming up here somewhere
oh here here I see one yep alright this
is a small one maybe we can find a
larger one as well alright different
sizes so let’s start with it actually
the small one is gonna be better in this
case so what is that yeah why don’t you
go ahead and hold it just gonna feel for
it okay this is really light I actually
I thought this was going to be really
heavy like almost like a nut but this
this isn’t in there you can give people
an idea yeah it’s really really light it
looks like paper right so these actually
what happens is a wasp actually puts
kind of an enzyme on the oak tree so
we’re in partial oak woodlands here and
this is an outgrowth on the tree it
doesn’t hurt the oak tree that’s why
they eventually fall off but it’s
actually a wasp or a nest now it’s not
the kind of nest of
you know the kind of wasp that we’re
familiar with that would ruin our
picnics wasa fit we often don’t see but
go ahead and see if you can find a small
hole oh yeah there’s a small there’s a
very very is like a pin sized hole right
there
yeah so it’s it’s actually a wasp nest
and they there’s sugar inside sometimes
when it’s more decayed you can see it
because like people would think of sugar
well yeah it looks like that yeah it
does look like that it’s obviously a
little bit different than that but but
you can actually they actually eat out
so it’s both their nest and it’s their
food source when they eat out they
actually fly out of this of this hole
there’s lots of native wasp and native
bees that are very small that that
people don’t often see that’s something
they can learn about here that’s amazing
and so the the babies living here too
right it’s like a whole little family
family home right I mean the babies
that’s that’s their nest and they’re
eating out the sugar and then and then
launching out into the world and then it
falls off the tree right the tree it
falls off and then we can find them on
the ground like we did different sizes
and some they’re decaying more and some
that are whole like that one very cool
you can see all these tiny little
majestic treasures just walking along
the paths here it’s gonna put this down
on the ground keep walking
so let’s talk about the birds a little
bit more we’re talking about the spotted
owl but what are some other more unique
birds that are kind of your favorite to
say yeah so we’re known in this park for
a lot of woodpecker species including
the pileated woodpecker which is the
largest in North America it’s identified
by its size larger as large as a raven
kind of skinnier I’m pretty big size
yeah yeah it’s a very noticeable bird if
you see it you’re not gonna miss it the
other neat thing if you don’t see it you
can often hear it and it’s gonna sound
like a construction site now of course
this is public land we don’t have
building going on out in the woods so if
you hear something like that you know
that’s louder than what we would think
of a normal kind of pecking of a
woodpecker that’s going to be the
pileated so does it sound like a hammer
would you yeah yeah yeah it’s like a big
racket of a building going on you know
you even buy one bird so and you know we
do occasionally see them as well and get
a good look at them are there other
kinds of woodpeckers that live in this
park there are there acorn woodpeckers
again we also feature the oak woodlands
and and that’s where they live and they
create these granary trees
where they store acorns now they store
more than they really need and it’s kind
of interesting too they sometimes get in
competition with gray squirrels too
you’ll hear a lot of squabbling
sometimes and days as well there’s a
couple Jays here which are corvids and
related to Ravens and crows I can’t
imagine what that acorn woodpecker and
gray squirrel like battle acorn turf is
yeah I’ve heard it more than seen it but
I know that acorn woodpeckers will go
after the gray squirrels and squirrels
get pretty afraid of them in some cases
so what other kind of mammals can you
see around here yeah there are mountain
lions also known as Pumas Cougars kind
of known as the cat of many names that’s
that would be the largest of carnivores
here
Bobcats deer which we would occasionally
see now some of the larger the
charismatic fauna you’re not gonna see
especially in this kind of woodland
setting they’re elusive first of all of
course and but also given given the
cover you know they’re gonna be good at
hiding and they might see us we probably
won’t see them so it’s really the bird
life more that you know it’s great place
to bird but who knows you know if you’re
out on the trails who knows what you can
see well speaking of fauna maybe we
should talk about flora for a second
because I see a lot of this green
covering on the ground right that’s
another yeah we are like I said we’re
famous for the proximity to the Napa
Valley we’re also famous for poison oak
in fact we used to have t-shirts so it’s
going to be strange to say that we love
it here but I’ll tell you the reasons
why we need minutes right here in front
of us I should not go running yeah first
of all I’ll tell you how to stay safe
from yeah yeah that’s key and then I’ll
tell you what why we love it here as
well so yeah it creates an itchy
reaction and I think something like
ninety percent of people but it’s so so
yeah you want to stay away from it if
you stay on the trail if you stay in
your campsite you’re gonna be safe from
it one thing to keep in mind too is if
you do think you you brush up against it
you can put dirt on it because it’s your
assault soils so that’s something like
immediately you can do if you think
you’ve come immediately yeah yeah I mean
that’s not foolproof but that’s
something you can do if you if you do on
an ankle or wrist or something like that
yeah so and and that the animals love it
though so that’s the reason we love it
deer eat it looks like maybe we need
more deer in the park here maybe aren’t
really hungry right right right yeah and
also birds love it like there’s fifty
species that eat the seeds the berries
and it’s starting for them it’s not at
all no it’s really just toxic for us so
what I like to tell people is it’s a
barrier for us we want to treat it with
respect but we also want to remember
that the animal the bird bird life loves
it it’s also beautiful right now it’s
green from June to October it starts to
change colors from red to yellow almost
every color of the rainbow yeah and it
grows on ground cover like we’re seeing
here but also in vines so if anybody has
questions for Jay especially about
poison oak or any other plant that you
might see just along the trail here
shoot them over a comment below and we
will take your questions
so I also see another really pretty
plant over here it has a nice pink
flower what is this yeah and what I like
to tell people is once they learn about
poison oak that kind of opens up the
other plants right with with guidance
and you can use all your senses and
experience them so why don’t you go
ahead and just actually rub that really
vigorously and tell me what you smell
there it’s it definitely has a very
spicy kind of smell to it yeah right so
it’s and some people pick up citrus and
different things so it is called spice
bush so it’s aptly named go ahead and
smell the flower and it’s got kind of a
different smell okay I have to I have to
be honest yeah that’s straight up smells
like Elmer’s glue it smells like to me
that smells like Elmer’s glue I can see
what you’re saying now but a lot of
people say wine so unless it’s just that
flower that’s like maybe something’s
wrong with my nose I I like it though
yeah beautiful it is a really beautiful
flower yeah and this season is a great
time this is actually my favorite season
be here because this is blooming we
might see some California Buckeye or if
we don’t you know for people to know
that that those are both both blooming
and late May and early June
I mean it’s competition with the fall
too because we’ve got some
fall foliage here so they’re wildflowers
like this yeah yeah yeah the spicebush
is really the highlight though right now
it’s it’s a beautiful plant yeah it’s
all you know some people are really
surprised and they think it looks
tropical and it actually is a native
plant here as well so that’s a you know
surprises people sometimes so I hear a
lot of birds what we were talking about
the owl before the woodpecker are there
any other kind of unique birds that you
really like yeah I’m a bird nerd so I’m
gonna keep going on about nerds I
apologize everybody yeah also hi fellow
Bernhard’s yeah so like I say go back
again to the woodpeckers and we might be
able to see a granary tree up here
that’s log that’s falling down where
they’re storing the acorns um one neat
fact that I you know I’m sure some
people know about but is the the length
of their tongue it actually wraps around
their skull and so it’s amazing enough
that they have a skull that can take the
impact of knocking on a tree like that
right in creating the cavities but once
they create that cavity they have this
really long tongue to be able to get to
the insects and work you know we don’t
really see that part of it but that’s I
think that’s just helpful to think of
what they’re doing with their beak with
their tongue it’s I can’t even imagine
what that’s like a bird that has a
tongue that can wrap around its head
yeah yeah it’s uh it’s pretty
fascinating that’s really interesting so
I see a lot of these trees down if if a
tree falls I’m not gonna say does
anybody hear it if nobody’s around but
if if there is a redwood that falls in
you know it covers the path what would
you do
yeah so we’ve got a trail crew to help
move you know but we keep it as natural
as possible right you know that’s why
you’re seeing a lot of deadfall we’ve
had with the drought that just ended
recently and then with like heavy rains
a little more tree fall that’s that’s
that’s natural you know but at the same
time it’s a little more than then we’ve
had and we’ve been busy with keeping the
trails here I just want to stop here for
a second because I’ve been seeing just
some butterflies as we were just
approaching this area of course we’re
not going to see them now because they
just got a little bit camera shy but are
there some butterflies in this area
there are they’re a couple
favorites that I have kind of the usual
suspects there’s the tiger swallowtails
that are here there’s gonna be the big
yellow black ones if we’re fortunate
enough enough to see them there’s also
one that I really like called the
California sister which is flying around
right now and yeah what do you what do
you think butterflies what do they
usually eat do they like eat from like
the palm of the pollen yeah that’s a
typical answer and that’s usually true
and that’s true of most of our butterfly
species but the California sister
actually eats dung and and carcasses
sometimes and they’re extremely short
end of the stick yeah for how beautiful
it is it’s a little surprising to see
now what does the California sister look
like if somebody was just out here and
wanted to see a cool water fly yeah it’s
got a its orange and black kind of
orange on the tip and yeah it’s kind of
kind of unmistakable with with that
color pattern here so I just want to
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nothing beats fed nature absolutely
beautiful tell me about this maybe
there’s a couple plants we can talk
about right over here as well so this is
a granary log you know so they’re the
Acorn woodpeckers are using usually dead
dead tree branches or limbs but they
also use things like telephone poles
their houses whatever’s there so you can
see you know if you kind of explore
these the acorns might not be in there
because other bugs other animals are
getting to them but you can really see
just how many they store this almost
feels like a little it’s like dense it’s
kind of wet a little bit even yeah yeah
so yeah right it’s still probably
retaining some of the moisture yeah all
the rain even though it’s dried out here
yeah and then back here we also have the
native grapevine as well is that what’s
growing around this yeah exactly
yeah and it’s also about right yeah so
you know of course we’re known for our
grapes in Napa Valley but I think it’s
really amazing and a cool connection
that here in the forest this is the
native grape it’s kind of the
underpinning of the of the grape and
wine industry there’s some kind of you
know I’m not an expert in it but some
sort of grafting process that goes goes
with that in a lot of cases so I would
make a lot of sense to see a grape vine
here and yeah right so I think that’s a
draw too as people can I can you know
get a different setting and see it as
well after they’ve done their wine
tasting or maybe before for everybody
just joining us right now we are
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who’s the park expert and he’s also here
to answer your questions so keep firing
away we are approaching something that I
have to say it’s kind of long my mind a
little bit yeah yeah it’s pressive so
where we’re coming up on the redwoods
like I said we’re kind of in the oak
woodland and we’re kind of in that
transition area where we’re going to the
mixed forests of redwoods and and like
this first why don’t why don’t you go
ahead and walk in first yeah this
journey right inside
so the first thing I always tell people
to do up here is to is to look up I mean
looking up this is just impressive how
old are some of these trees are that are
here yeah well what’s interesting about
this Grove is you know we’ve got the
first of all we’ve got the eastern most
redwoods there’s a few remnant ones kind
of a little further on but but in sort
of in bulk with you know we feature
those here so that’s neat we do get fog
that the redwoods really need here
what’s interesting I mean they’re
impressive to look up but most of these
are really like teenage trees so we did
have some okay these are some pretty
impressive teenagers look at their
gigantic yeah yeah it’s still still
impressive still amazing and I think
another really neat element is we’re
standing in the middle of where a
grandfather grandmother tree was because
the redwood trees share root system so
they all grow around that is that that’s
what you need to do yeah whether it was
cut down or felled by lightning and you
can see some of the parent trees around
there too that are stumps so those were
definitely cut and then you see the the
kids of those and one thing I we do
Junior Ranger programs here and I like
to have the kids you know sometimes
count them and I’ve had some that I’ve
ended up counting every single sapling
so they’re in the hundreds and you know
that’s a bright it’s great you know I
learned something I’m counting a certain
number and they’re like hundreds so we
got the babies right on the edge now
what is this this bark is so different
than anything I’ve seen it’s it kind of
comes down in strips what’s unique about
this bark yeah well for one is permeable
so it takes in it’s not the main way
that it takes in fog but that’s part of
it it’s it’s got that soft softness that
it can retain the moisture varies
right through its skin right and it’s
antifungal for one thing and that’s
that’s why it’s such a great building
material to but it also the the way in
addition that it gets its water is from
the canopy so we get these fogs that
come in you can get up to two inches of
rain just captured in the canopy and
falling down and of course the root
systems might touch the creek too and
that’s another way that it gets water
and that’s how they can use trees can
really grow too impressive Heights
because they live in just
this really great rain environment right
right Riya rain mix we get the big
winter rains but the fog is what they
what they really need to have that
year-round what’s the most impressive
thing I mean you’re out here all the
time with these redwoods what do you
just like blows your mind every single
time yeah I think just yeah I think
coming to this Grove and every time that
I bring people here having them look up
you know I’m just astounded again and I
remember that these aren’t the biggest
redwoods but they’re amazing and it just
makes me want to travel more around the
state and see even more so you know and
to know that they’re the eastern most
this is kind of the edge of their range
I highly recommend everybody coming out
here and just looking up taking a moment
taking a breath just looking up because
there’s nothing better it is just
stunning so we’re gonna gorgeous right
along the creek I know you can just hear
the water and then just it’s just like
this moment of peace it’s like that
moment of Zen now we’re gonna keep
walking up here right now
what is unique kind of about the stream
that is coming through yeah so first of
all it’s the watershed for the Napa
River so this is Ritchie Creek it flows
into the Napa River which flows not too
far away into the ocean so we do have
ocean going trout which are called
usually commonly referred to steelhead
we’re hoping to bring back their range a
little bit more and protect it and we
want to we want to bring the back more
fully but there we sometimes still find
the small fry here and you know that’s
that’s always fun to see especially when
we’re with the kids it’s also spring fed
so the fact that we have
three
you
you
you
we’re back you know anything can really
happen when you are doing a live right
in the middle of the outdoors but we got
your back we’re here now so while we
were we were trying to get back on Jay
found something really interesting that
he wants to show you what yeah this is
California Bailey if this is if you’re
walking in the forest in California if
you’re not familiar with the California
forest this is often something you’re
gonna you’re gonna smell as you’re as
you’re walking by well it’s a cousin to
the Mediterranean baby that you cook
with this little spice here some people
first of all I should say I picked this
case since I’m a naturalist here and a
guide right and since we’re doing this
special you know we picked it to smell
it but just for you at home we don’t
normally do that but yeah so it is it’s
a little spicier so some people who grow
that in their garden
you know once it’s dried out use it in
soups like they would for the
Mediterranean base is very very spicy
smelling it has I got it right up to my
nose and it’s right up in there people
tend to love it or hate her what do you
think I enjoy the smells really good
yeah you can carry it around for a while
it’s nice so I just want to remind
everybody that we’re here in Napa Valley
forget outdoors day and also a reminder
coming up on July 9th Sunday July 9th we
have another great live special if you
want to see wildlife it’s called Earth
live and it’s going to absolutely blow
your mind so I think we’re coming up I
can also hear the stream yeah yeah
there’s actually a good place over here
where we can go directly to the creek
and maybe do a couple hands on things we
again we do hikes here we do Junior
Ranger programs so you’ll get a little
taste of some of those things we do the
activities that we do in the park on a
weekly basis in the summer so what are
some of the things that you like to show
people down here at the stream it’s just
a beautiful spot you know whenever you
can get up close go ahead yeah okay cool
yeah I’m gonna not trip over this law
because that would be really
embarrassing but this is just absolutely
beautiful yeah and in the backdrop there
are a bunch of giant chain ferns so not
those specific specimens but
that that fern is the largest in North
America as well and yeah it’s gorgeous
backdrop and the creeks again we were
talking a little bit about what’s in it
so the in terms of fish it’s there’s not
a lot of water right there’s a steelhead
occasionally we also take groups here
and they look for aquatic insects oh and
that always kind of surprises people
because we get to compare insects that
start their lifecycle in the creek and
then you know become flying insects and
so when I just like the feature we may
be sure we can yeah we can go a little
closer and I’ll tell you more about it
we’re gonna take careful some careful
steps down here because your follow me
in this case yeah I’m gonna follow you
I’m gonna take your lead and there’s no
poison oak right down here at the creek
so we don’t have to worry about it right
here I’m like I think I’m gonna go this
way this looks like the safer bet for me
there’s there’s more rocks mate or not
yeah so I’m seeing actually what’s this
very unique rock that’s right here
yeah so that’s we’ve got different kind
of lava rocks and I’ll talk about that a
little bit more but that’s a kind of
pumice right lava rock yeah so there has
been some yeah there’s some volcanic
activity we have deposits of ash here
okay
go as deep as 800 feet you can see that
some park you can see that yeah you can
see that some in the in road cuts near
here you can’t see it so much sometimes
one of the when a tree comes down you’ll
see it underneath and the creek as well
it’ll you know we have a lot of
questions about that it clouds up in the
spring or with a lot of winter spring
runoff and so it almost has that kind of
glacier look but it’s from the ashes
from the ash underground kind of feeding
into the stream and it’s kind of amazing
that it just crops up in the stream here
yeah it does in fact we one of the
activities we do is some face painting
with the kids and you can see face
painting with white what are the kind of
yeah so there’s there’s actually this
some some ash rock we usually we get it
wet
let’s make sure I get the right one here
sometimes you just have to test right
and sometimes it’s a mix of mud and
Astra sometimes just the ash or you can
see clay as well so it’s the clay this
it’s a
red color and the ashes more of this
it’s like a sandy white white or green
yeah sorry you came to put some on this
is gonna go on my face if he wanted to
yes this looks like nature’s free facial
I just have to find the actual rocks now
we actually I have a question for you
first sure
from Leroy he wants to know what type of
hummingbirds are around the park if
there’s any there there are yeah we’ve
get we get to allens hummingbird and
Danis hummingbirds so it’s kind of easy
to remember those are the two main we
might have a couple other ones yeah and
I think somebody actually moved my rocks
so if you can take some questions while
I find apart are there any Heather wants
to know are there any other outdoor
activities that people can do while in
this park yeah so there’s the there’s
the pool that I talked about there’s
there’s horseback riding right now we
don’t have a concessionaire that might
have them and change in the future
hopefully and also some mountain bike
riding not a lot here but there’s a as
part of our park system so we’re part of
the Napa County Regional Park and open
space district so we’ve got other trails
near here too which are great for for
mountain biking and we can direct people
to that you know if their area well why
don’t you look for some of these yeah
thank you so much yeah like I said
somebody moved them so and I’m just
gonna say thank you Christine for hiking
in the rifle River recreation area in
Lupton Michigan I hope you’re enjoying
your day that sounds beautiful and
Ronnie you’re spending your get outdoors
day and yellow creek park playing disc
off that sounds like a pretty unique
activity so that sounds like a pretty
good choice for your get outdoors day
everybody keep commenting I want to know
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two hours you should probably watch it
all right you ready for the face paint
I’m game
let’s do this cool did you want tiger
stripes or what do you want okay can you
draw like a really cool animal design
not quite there I’m working on it yeah
I’m working on it but I’m good with the
stripes or whatever chin nose cheeks
anything you can do I’m here we go
by the way two Calistoga is known for
its mud bath well with with the volcanic
mud and ash so this is getting this for
free so people can come down to the
creek and do any of our cold yeah do one
more stripe on each okay
and I enjoy it yeah I’m sure this is a
relief it’s a probably a really good
luck but I can feel it being it’s I can
feel like is this mineral
it’s obviously mineral water right
that’s coming down in this creek spring
water yeah yeah so I can almost like
feel it yeah cool yeah yeah and who else
can wear volcanic ash on their face like
where else can you go that’s pretty cool
yeah that’s an ancient practice and like
I said it’s do it for free here and yeah
it feels great and you can also wear
this quiet on your face too right
right there’s the there’s a clay in the
ash so I’ll do it as well yeah wait to
join them we can be partners in ash
facial nests together here and also down
here we’re not we’re not seeing it today
but we do see banana slugs down so a
banana slug it looks like it sounds and
people have been to Northern California
hiking are familiar with it you know
it’s just bright yellow but it can have
patterns on it as well okay and yeah we
can we can look around and see if we see
any in yeah because I know like you can
probably see some pretty interesting
things among these rocks I would imagine
right yeah yeah we’re often down here
exploring both the aquatic environment
and kind of interests really what else
might you see besides a slug so you know
there’s
in terms of kind of what people think
creepy crawlies are things like that
scorpions but small ones yeah I don’t I
do not want to see a scorpion so if you
see the scorpion please tell me first
because I’m gonna yeah they probably
won’t be probably won’t be in this
environment and they’re not poisonous
like people think so they do have a
sting but it’s more like a bee sting
okay so what does a banana slug look
like so I know what I saw just if we’re
walking slow here so if you’re watching
your step it’s gonna gonna be yellowish
or like I said a pattern and we’ll see
it’s kind of drying up around here so we
may or may not see one okay yesterday I
know it’s like I feel like wildlife is
probably pretty hit or miss yeah you
might not always see one or any kind of
wildlife in general that’s like you know
you can’t produce like watching water
boil yeah you don’t know when it’s gonna
happen we’ll just look in the vicinity
where where we found it before so what
are some other unique things that you
can see out here that you just always
are fascinated with yeah I mean I think
it’s really more being I think we’ve
discussed most of those things so yeah I
think it’s being in this environment
having access to the water some of the
the large things like the giant chain 4
and the redwoods the pileated
woodpeckers I mean there’s some of those
things that are you know amazing and but
it’s but it’s the subtle things too
right I think it’s just being down here
being at the creek we don’t have huge
waterfalls or things like that but once
you settle into it you know that’s what
I’m just like look at what we’re
surrounded in right now yeah absolutely
gorgeous well thank you so much yeah
today and thanks to all of you watching
this has been an absolutely beautiful
day and beautiful experience and I hope
you are enjoying your get outdoors day I
am Ashley Kalina and this is Jason and
we have been so grateful that you have
gone on this wonderful journey with us
hope you enjoy the rest of your get
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beautiful Napa Valley to talk to you
about national get outdoors day
I’m here with National Geographic and
our friends at Nature Valley we’re here
to experience the beautiful outdoors now
I’m not the expert here but I do have a
wonderful expert who is going to answer
all of your questions and all my
questions too let me introduce you to
Jay absolutely welcome to both a Napa
Valley Park thank you so can you tell me
and all of our wonderful viewers a
little bit more about this park that
we’re in right now sure well even though
it doesn’t look like a what most people
think of we’re in Napa Valley so we’re
in this woodland setting but our
proximity is really what we’re known for
for the vineyards for the great wine but
you can kind of bet the best of both
worlds here by camping hiking and then
having the access to the to the valley
as well so how many trails aren’t there
in this park that people can walk on
yeah there’s about 10 miles of trails
total and we’ve got two different trail
systems so this one is allowing ricci
canyon and you can do loops of up to six
miles or but what’s really great about
is you actually have the access here to
the creek to the redwood trees you don’t
have to walk far necessarily to get that
access and so I am not I’m not an avid
hiker I don’t go outdoors that much but
I love experiencing nature what kind are
these trails like expert trails or can
anybody really kind of get out here the
majestic nature out here like I was
saying that the access is really great
for the creeks and the creeks is one of
our main features here the redwood grows
which we’ll probably be seeing here
today and and the oak woodlands around
as well so yeah that that’s really
accessible if you want something harder
there’s some moderately strenuous hikes
which are just going to have that much
more variety you know 700 800 foot of
elevation gain so most people can can
handle that would enjoy that as well now
you said there’s also camping here what
kind of camping is available yeah we’ve
got the standard car camping that people
are used to but we also have yurts and
cabins wait I’m gonna stop you for a
second what’s a yurt for people who
don’t know sure so a yurt is basically a
tent a lot
our tent that’s already set up made of
canvas what’s nice is you’ve got beds in
there and in cots and and sometimes
tables so it’s just kind of a nice
glamping option for people who want that
so what is something that you love
telling people on your nature hikes yeah
so there’s several things we’re gonna
see I mean we’ll be seeing the Redwood
and the Doug Fir forest which is home to
this northern spotted owl so it’s that’s
the kind of habitat that they need so
that’s that’s something that’s featured
here will see some things as we’re just
walking along the forest floor that are
a little less obvious that all that I’ll
point out great as well now the northern
spotted owl is that a threatened species
it is yeah it’s an endangered species
and it’s protected here and we have some
people some experts come here and study
the nests that are further up there up
the canyon as well do they have any
special identifying markers I know
there’s a lot of really cool birds that
live here right yeah I mean one is
they’re rarely seen so it’s not a bird
that I’ve seen you know except in
pictures right and I just want to remind
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you a shout out later on in the show so
what else can we see kind of a long the
path here that’s that’s interesting that
people might not pick up if we walk up a
little bit further here there’s
something called an oak call it rhymes
with ball so it’s easy to remember we
should have one coming up here somewhere
oh here here I see one yep alright this
is a small one maybe we can find a
larger one as well alright different
sizes so let’s start with it actually
the small one is gonna be better in this
case so what is that yeah why don’t you
go ahead and hold it just gonna feel for
it okay this is really light I actually
I thought this was going to be really
heavy like almost like a nut but this
this isn’t in there you can give people
an idea yeah it’s really really light it
looks like paper right so these actually
what happens is a wasp actually puts
kind of an enzyme on the oak tree so
we’re in partial oak woodlands here and
this is an outgrowth on the tree it
doesn’t hurt the oak tree that’s why
they eventually fall off but it’s
actually a wasp or a nest now it’s not
the kind of nest of
you know the kind of wasp that we’re
familiar with that would ruin our
picnics wasa fit we often don’t see but
go ahead and see if you can find a small
hole oh yeah there’s a small there’s a
very very is like a pin sized hole right
there
yeah so it’s it’s actually a wasp nest
and they there’s sugar inside sometimes
when it’s more decayed you can see it
because like people would think of sugar
well yeah it looks like that yeah it
does look like that it’s obviously a
little bit different than that but but
you can actually they actually eat out
so it’s both their nest and it’s their
food source when they eat out they
actually fly out of this of this hole
there’s lots of native wasp and native
bees that are very small that that
people don’t often see that’s something
they can learn about here that’s amazing
and so the the babies living here too
right it’s like a whole little family
family home right I mean the babies
that’s that’s their nest and they’re
eating out the sugar and then and then
launching out into the world and then it
falls off the tree right the tree it
falls off and then we can find them on
the ground like we did different sizes
and some they’re decaying more and some
that are whole like that one very cool
you can see all these tiny little
majestic treasures just walking along
the paths here it’s gonna put this down
on the ground keep walking
so let’s talk about the birds a little
bit more we’re talking about the spotted
owl but what are some other more unique
birds that are kind of your favorite to
say yeah so we’re known in this park for
a lot of woodpecker species including
the pileated woodpecker which is the
largest in North America it’s identified
by its size larger as large as a raven
kind of skinnier I’m pretty big size
yeah yeah it’s a very noticeable bird if
you see it you’re not gonna miss it the
other neat thing if you don’t see it you
can often hear it and it’s gonna sound
like a construction site now of course
this is public land we don’t have
building going on out in the woods so if
you hear something like that you know
that’s louder than what we would think
of a normal kind of pecking of a
woodpecker that’s going to be the
pileated so does it sound like a hammer
would you yeah yeah yeah it’s like a big
racket of a building going on you know
you even buy one bird so and you know we
do occasionally see them as well and get
a good look at them are there other
kinds of woodpeckers that live in this
park there are there acorn woodpeckers
again we also feature the oak woodlands
and and that’s where they live and they
create these granary trees
where they store acorns now they store
more than they really need and it’s kind
of interesting too they sometimes get in
competition with gray squirrels too
you’ll hear a lot of squabbling
sometimes and days as well there’s a
couple Jays here which are corvids and
related to Ravens and crows I can’t
imagine what that acorn woodpecker and
gray squirrel like battle acorn turf is
yeah I’ve heard it more than seen it but
I know that acorn woodpeckers will go
after the gray squirrels and squirrels
get pretty afraid of them in some cases
so what other kind of mammals can you
see around here yeah there are mountain
lions also known as Pumas Cougars kind
of known as the cat of many names that’s
that would be the largest of carnivores
here
Bobcats deer which we would occasionally
see now some of the larger the
charismatic fauna you’re not gonna see
especially in this kind of woodland
setting they’re elusive first of all of
course and but also given given the
cover you know they’re gonna be good at
hiding and they might see us we probably
won’t see them so it’s really the bird
life more that you know it’s great place
to bird but who knows you know if you’re
out on the trails who knows what you can
see well speaking of fauna maybe we
should talk about flora for a second
because I see a lot of this green
covering on the ground right that’s
another yeah we are like I said we’re
famous for the proximity to the Napa
Valley we’re also famous for poison oak
in fact we used to have t-shirts so it’s
going to be strange to say that we love
it here but I’ll tell you the reasons
why we need minutes right here in front
of us I should not go running yeah first
of all I’ll tell you how to stay safe
from yeah yeah that’s key and then I’ll
tell you what why we love it here as
well so yeah it creates an itchy
reaction and I think something like
ninety percent of people but it’s so so
yeah you want to stay away from it if
you stay on the trail if you stay in
your campsite you’re gonna be safe from
it one thing to keep in mind too is if
you do think you you brush up against it
you can put dirt on it because it’s your
assault soils so that’s something like
immediately you can do if you think
you’ve come immediately yeah yeah I mean
that’s not foolproof but that’s
something you can do if you if you do on
an ankle or wrist or something like that
yeah so and and that the animals love it
though so that’s the reason we love it
deer eat it looks like maybe we need
more deer in the park here maybe aren’t
really hungry right right right yeah and
also birds love it like there’s fifty
species that eat the seeds the berries
and it’s starting for them it’s not at
all no it’s really just toxic for us so
what I like to tell people is it’s a
barrier for us we want to treat it with
respect but we also want to remember
that the animal the bird bird life loves
it it’s also beautiful right now it’s
green from June to October it starts to
change colors from red to yellow almost
every color of the rainbow yeah and it
grows on ground cover like we’re seeing
here but also in vines so if anybody has
questions for Jay especially about
poison oak or any other plant that you
might see just along the trail here
shoot them over a comment below and we
will take your questions
so I also see another really pretty
plant over here it has a nice pink
flower what is this yeah and what I like
to tell people is once they learn about
poison oak that kind of opens up the
other plants right with with guidance
and you can use all your senses and
experience them so why don’t you go
ahead and just actually rub that really
vigorously and tell me what you smell
there it’s it definitely has a very
spicy kind of smell to it yeah right so
it’s and some people pick up citrus and
different things so it is called spice
bush so it’s aptly named go ahead and
smell the flower and it’s got kind of a
different smell okay I have to I have to
be honest yeah that’s straight up smells
like Elmer’s glue it smells like to me
that smells like Elmer’s glue I can see
what you’re saying now but a lot of
people say wine so unless it’s just that
flower that’s like maybe something’s
wrong with my nose I I like it though
yeah beautiful it is a really beautiful
flower yeah and this season is a great
time this is actually my favorite season
be here because this is blooming we
might see some California Buckeye or if
we don’t you know for people to know
that that those are both both blooming
and late May and early June
I mean it’s competition with the fall
too because we’ve got some
fall foliage here so they’re wildflowers
like this yeah yeah yeah the spicebush
is really the highlight though right now
it’s it’s a beautiful plant yeah it’s
all you know some people are really
surprised and they think it looks
tropical and it actually is a native
plant here as well so that’s a you know
surprises people sometimes so I hear a
lot of birds what we were talking about
the owl before the woodpecker are there
any other kind of unique birds that you
really like yeah I’m a bird nerd so I’m
gonna keep going on about nerds I
apologize everybody yeah also hi fellow
Bernhard’s yeah so like I say go back
again to the woodpeckers and we might be
able to see a granary tree up here
that’s log that’s falling down where
they’re storing the acorns um one neat
fact that I you know I’m sure some
people know about but is the the length
of their tongue it actually wraps around
their skull and so it’s amazing enough
that they have a skull that can take the
impact of knocking on a tree like that
right in creating the cavities but once
they create that cavity they have this
really long tongue to be able to get to
the insects and work you know we don’t
really see that part of it but that’s I
think that’s just helpful to think of
what they’re doing with their beak with
their tongue it’s I can’t even imagine
what that’s like a bird that has a
tongue that can wrap around its head
yeah yeah it’s uh it’s pretty
fascinating that’s really interesting so
I see a lot of these trees down if if a
tree falls I’m not gonna say does
anybody hear it if nobody’s around but
if if there is a redwood that falls in
you know it covers the path what would
you do
yeah so we’ve got a trail crew to help
move you know but we keep it as natural
as possible right you know that’s why
you’re seeing a lot of deadfall we’ve
had with the drought that just ended
recently and then with like heavy rains
a little more tree fall that’s that’s
that’s natural you know but at the same
time it’s a little more than then we’ve
had and we’ve been busy with keeping the
trails here I just want to stop here for
a second because I’ve been seeing just
some butterflies as we were just
approaching this area of course we’re
not going to see them now because they
just got a little bit camera shy but are
there some butterflies in this area
there are they’re a couple
favorites that I have kind of the usual
suspects there’s the tiger swallowtails
that are here there’s gonna be the big
yellow black ones if we’re fortunate
enough enough to see them there’s also
one that I really like called the
California sister which is flying around
right now and yeah what do you what do
you think butterflies what do they
usually eat do they like eat from like
the palm of the pollen yeah that’s a
typical answer and that’s usually true
and that’s true of most of our butterfly
species but the California sister
actually eats dung and and carcasses
sometimes and they’re extremely short
end of the stick yeah for how beautiful
it is it’s a little surprising to see
now what does the California sister look
like if somebody was just out here and
wanted to see a cool water fly yeah it’s
got a its orange and black kind of
orange on the tip and yeah it’s kind of
kind of unmistakable with with that
color pattern here so I just want to
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nothing beats fed nature absolutely
beautiful tell me about this maybe
there’s a couple plants we can talk
about right over here as well so this is
a granary log you know so they’re the
Acorn woodpeckers are using usually dead
dead tree branches or limbs but they
also use things like telephone poles
their houses whatever’s there so you can
see you know if you kind of explore
these the acorns might not be in there
because other bugs other animals are
getting to them but you can really see
just how many they store this almost
feels like a little it’s like dense it’s
kind of wet a little bit even yeah yeah
so yeah right it’s still probably
retaining some of the moisture yeah all
the rain even though it’s dried out here
yeah and then back here we also have the
native grapevine as well is that what’s
growing around this yeah exactly
yeah and it’s also about right yeah so
you know of course we’re known for our
grapes in Napa Valley but I think it’s
really amazing and a cool connection
that here in the forest this is the
native grape it’s kind of the
underpinning of the of the grape and
wine industry there’s some kind of you
know I’m not an expert in it but some
sort of grafting process that goes goes
with that in a lot of cases so I would
make a lot of sense to see a grape vine
here and yeah right so I think that’s a
draw too as people can I can you know
get a different setting and see it as
well after they’ve done their wine
tasting or maybe before for everybody
just joining us right now we are
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who’s the park expert and he’s also here
to answer your questions so keep firing
away we are approaching something that I
have to say it’s kind of long my mind a
little bit yeah yeah it’s pressive so
where we’re coming up on the redwoods
like I said we’re kind of in the oak
woodland and we’re kind of in that
transition area where we’re going to the
mixed forests of redwoods and and like
this first why don’t why don’t you go
ahead and walk in first yeah this
journey right inside
so the first thing I always tell people
to do up here is to is to look up I mean
looking up this is just impressive how
old are some of these trees are that are
here yeah well what’s interesting about
this Grove is you know we’ve got the
first of all we’ve got the eastern most
redwoods there’s a few remnant ones kind
of a little further on but but in sort
of in bulk with you know we feature
those here so that’s neat we do get fog
that the redwoods really need here
what’s interesting I mean they’re
impressive to look up but most of these
are really like teenage trees so we did
have some okay these are some pretty
impressive teenagers look at their
gigantic yeah yeah it’s still still
impressive still amazing and I think
another really neat element is we’re
standing in the middle of where a
grandfather grandmother tree was because
the redwood trees share root system so
they all grow around that is that that’s
what you need to do yeah whether it was
cut down or felled by lightning and you
can see some of the parent trees around
there too that are stumps so those were
definitely cut and then you see the the
kids of those and one thing I we do
Junior Ranger programs here and I like
to have the kids you know sometimes
count them and I’ve had some that I’ve
ended up counting every single sapling
so they’re in the hundreds and you know
that’s a bright it’s great you know I
learned something I’m counting a certain
number and they’re like hundreds so we
got the babies right on the edge now
what is this this bark is so different
than anything I’ve seen it’s it kind of
comes down in strips what’s unique about
this bark yeah well for one is permeable
so it takes in it’s not the main way
that it takes in fog but that’s part of
it it’s it’s got that soft softness that
it can retain the moisture varies
right through its skin right and it’s
antifungal for one thing and that’s
that’s why it’s such a great building
material to but it also the the way in
addition that it gets its water is from
the canopy so we get these fogs that
come in you can get up to two inches of
rain just captured in the canopy and
falling down and of course the root
systems might touch the creek too and
that’s another way that it gets water
and that’s how they can use trees can
really grow too impressive Heights
because they live in just
this really great rain environment right
right Riya rain mix we get the big
winter rains but the fog is what they
what they really need to have that
year-round what’s the most impressive
thing I mean you’re out here all the
time with these redwoods what do you
just like blows your mind every single
time yeah I think just yeah I think
coming to this Grove and every time that
I bring people here having them look up
you know I’m just astounded again and I
remember that these aren’t the biggest
redwoods but they’re amazing and it just
makes me want to travel more around the
state and see even more so you know and
to know that they’re the eastern most
this is kind of the edge of their range
I highly recommend everybody coming out
here and just looking up taking a moment
taking a breath just looking up because
there’s nothing better it is just
stunning so we’re gonna gorgeous right
along the creek I know you can just hear
the water and then just it’s just like
this moment of peace it’s like that
moment of Zen now we’re gonna keep
walking up here right now
what is unique kind of about the stream
that is coming through yeah so first of
all it’s the watershed for the Napa
River so this is Ritchie Creek it flows
into the Napa River which flows not too
far away into the ocean so we do have
ocean going trout which are called
usually commonly referred to steelhead
we’re hoping to bring back their range a
little bit more and protect it and we
want to we want to bring the back more
fully but there we sometimes still find
the small fry here and you know that’s
that’s always fun to see especially when
we’re with the kids it’s also spring fed
so the fact that we have
three
you
you
you
we’re back you know anything can really
happen when you are doing a live right
in the middle of the outdoors but we got
your back we’re here now so while we
were we were trying to get back on Jay
found something really interesting that
he wants to show you what yeah this is
California Bailey if this is if you’re
walking in the forest in California if
you’re not familiar with the California
forest this is often something you’re
gonna you’re gonna smell as you’re as
you’re walking by well it’s a cousin to
the Mediterranean baby that you cook
with this little spice here some people
first of all I should say I picked this
case since I’m a naturalist here and a
guide right and since we’re doing this
special you know we picked it to smell
it but just for you at home we don’t
normally do that but yeah so it is it’s
a little spicier so some people who grow
that in their garden
you know once it’s dried out use it in
soups like they would for the
Mediterranean base is very very spicy
smelling it has I got it right up to my
nose and it’s right up in there people
tend to love it or hate her what do you
think I enjoy the smells really good
yeah you can carry it around for a while
it’s nice so I just want to remind
everybody that we’re here in Napa Valley
forget outdoors day and also a reminder
coming up on July 9th Sunday July 9th we
have another great live special if you
want to see wildlife it’s called Earth
live and it’s going to absolutely blow
your mind so I think we’re coming up I
can also hear the stream yeah yeah
there’s actually a good place over here
where we can go directly to the creek
and maybe do a couple hands on things we
again we do hikes here we do Junior
Ranger programs so you’ll get a little
taste of some of those things we do the
activities that we do in the park on a
weekly basis in the summer so what are
some of the things that you like to show
people down here at the stream it’s just
a beautiful spot you know whenever you
can get up close go ahead yeah okay cool
yeah I’m gonna not trip over this law
because that would be really
embarrassing but this is just absolutely
beautiful yeah and in the backdrop there
are a bunch of giant chain ferns so not
those specific specimens but
that that fern is the largest in North
America as well and yeah it’s gorgeous
backdrop and the creeks again we were
talking a little bit about what’s in it
so the in terms of fish it’s there’s not
a lot of water right there’s a steelhead
occasionally we also take groups here
and they look for aquatic insects oh and
that always kind of surprises people
because we get to compare insects that
start their lifecycle in the creek and
then you know become flying insects and
so when I just like the feature we may
be sure we can yeah we can go a little
closer and I’ll tell you more about it
we’re gonna take careful some careful
steps down here because your follow me
in this case yeah I’m gonna follow you
I’m gonna take your lead and there’s no
poison oak right down here at the creek
so we don’t have to worry about it right
here I’m like I think I’m gonna go this
way this looks like the safer bet for me
there’s there’s more rocks mate or not
yeah so I’m seeing actually what’s this
very unique rock that’s right here
yeah so that’s we’ve got different kind
of lava rocks and I’ll talk about that a
little bit more but that’s a kind of
pumice right lava rock yeah so there has
been some yeah there’s some volcanic
activity we have deposits of ash here
okay
go as deep as 800 feet you can see that
some park you can see that yeah you can
see that some in the in road cuts near
here you can’t see it so much sometimes
one of the when a tree comes down you’ll
see it underneath and the creek as well
it’ll you know we have a lot of
questions about that it clouds up in the
spring or with a lot of winter spring
runoff and so it almost has that kind of
glacier look but it’s from the ashes
from the ash underground kind of feeding
into the stream and it’s kind of amazing
that it just crops up in the stream here
yeah it does in fact we one of the
activities we do is some face painting
with the kids and you can see face
painting with white what are the kind of
yeah so there’s there’s actually this
some some ash rock we usually we get it
wet
let’s make sure I get the right one here
sometimes you just have to test right
and sometimes it’s a mix of mud and
Astra sometimes just the ash or you can
see clay as well so it’s the clay this
it’s a
red color and the ashes more of this
it’s like a sandy white white or green
yeah sorry you came to put some on this
is gonna go on my face if he wanted to
yes this looks like nature’s free facial
I just have to find the actual rocks now
we actually I have a question for you
first sure
from Leroy he wants to know what type of
hummingbirds are around the park if
there’s any there there are yeah we’ve
get we get to allens hummingbird and
Danis hummingbirds so it’s kind of easy
to remember those are the two main we
might have a couple other ones yeah and
I think somebody actually moved my rocks
so if you can take some questions while
I find apart are there any Heather wants
to know are there any other outdoor
activities that people can do while in
this park yeah so there’s the there’s
the pool that I talked about there’s
there’s horseback riding right now we
don’t have a concessionaire that might
have them and change in the future
hopefully and also some mountain bike
riding not a lot here but there’s a as
part of our park system so we’re part of
the Napa County Regional Park and open
space district so we’ve got other trails
near here too which are great for for
mountain biking and we can direct people
to that you know if their area well why
don’t you look for some of these yeah
thank you so much yeah like I said
somebody moved them so and I’m just
gonna say thank you Christine for hiking
in the rifle River recreation area in
Lupton Michigan I hope you’re enjoying
your day that sounds beautiful and
Ronnie you’re spending your get outdoors
day and yellow creek park playing disc
off that sounds like a pretty unique
activity so that sounds like a pretty
good choice for your get outdoors day
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all right you ready for the face paint
I’m game
let’s do this cool did you want tiger
stripes or what do you want okay can you
draw like a really cool animal design
not quite there I’m working on it yeah
I’m working on it but I’m good with the
stripes or whatever chin nose cheeks
anything you can do I’m here we go
by the way two Calistoga is known for
its mud bath well with with the volcanic
mud and ash so this is getting this for
free so people can come down to the
creek and do any of our cold yeah do one
more stripe on each okay
and I enjoy it yeah I’m sure this is a
relief it’s a probably a really good
luck but I can feel it being it’s I can
feel like is this mineral
it’s obviously mineral water right
that’s coming down in this creek spring
water yeah yeah so I can almost like
feel it yeah cool yeah yeah and who else
can wear volcanic ash on their face like
where else can you go that’s pretty cool
yeah that’s an ancient practice and like
I said it’s do it for free here and yeah
it feels great and you can also wear
this quiet on your face too right
right there’s the there’s a clay in the
ash so I’ll do it as well yeah wait to
join them we can be partners in ash
facial nests together here and also down
here we’re not we’re not seeing it today
but we do see banana slugs down so a
banana slug it looks like it sounds and
people have been to Northern California
hiking are familiar with it you know
it’s just bright yellow but it can have
patterns on it as well okay and yeah we
can we can look around and see if we see
any in yeah because I know like you can
probably see some pretty interesting
things among these rocks I would imagine
right yeah yeah we’re often down here
exploring both the aquatic environment
and kind of interests really what else
might you see besides a slug so you know
there’s
in terms of kind of what people think
creepy crawlies are things like that
scorpions but small ones yeah I don’t I
do not want to see a scorpion so if you
see the scorpion please tell me first
because I’m gonna yeah they probably
won’t be probably won’t be in this
environment and they’re not poisonous
like people think so they do have a
sting but it’s more like a bee sting
okay so what does a banana slug look
like so I know what I saw just if we’re
walking slow here so if you’re watching
your step it’s gonna gonna be yellowish
or like I said a pattern and we’ll see
it’s kind of drying up around here so we
may or may not see one okay yesterday I
know it’s like I feel like wildlife is
probably pretty hit or miss yeah you
might not always see one or any kind of
wildlife in general that’s like you know
you can’t produce like watching water
boil yeah you don’t know when it’s gonna
happen we’ll just look in the vicinity
where where we found it before so what
are some other unique things that you
can see out here that you just always
are fascinated with yeah I mean I think
it’s really more being I think we’ve
discussed most of those things so yeah I
think it’s being in this environment
having access to the water some of the
the large things like the giant chain 4
and the redwoods the pileated
woodpeckers I mean there’s some of those
things that are you know amazing and but
it’s but it’s the subtle things too
right I think it’s just being down here
being at the creek we don’t have huge
waterfalls or things like that but once
you settle into it you know that’s what
I’m just like look at what we’re
surrounded in right now yeah absolutely
gorgeous well thank you so much yeah
today and thanks to all of you watching
this has been an absolutely beautiful
day and beautiful experience and I hope
you are enjoying your get outdoors day I
am Ashley Kalina and this is Jason and
we have been so grateful that you have
gone on this wonderful journey with us
hope you enjoy the rest of your get
outdoors day bye
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