Northern California, Days 2 and 3

This past weekend we went camping with a group of friends in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. So fun, and so lovely to see some of my friends from college and San Francisco days! Some cool things that happened:

• We got to the campground via CA-36, which goes right by Lassen National Park (volcanoes)...the most scenic drive imaginable but so twisty and turn-y and LONG...probably the only time in our lives we'll do that road, but the snow-covered volcanoes behind meadows full of wildflowers and blue alpine lakes were unbelievably beautiful
• Camping under the enormous redwoods was amazing. It smells so good up there, and the trees tower so high...it's amazing to tilt your head back and look. The wind sounds lovely blowing through the trees and sometimes the trees squeak like a squeaky door...
• There was a little path down to the Eel River, which had sandy banks and it was warm down there...cool in the forest...Saturday afternoon hanging out in the warm sand on the riverbank was just heaven
• S'mores in the evenings. Enough said
• And have I mentioned how much I LOVE campfires? I wish I could sit around a campfire every evening...
• Saturday afternoon we played tourist for a little while and drove down the road to a place where you can pay $6 to drive through a tree. It was scary to drive through a tree...there is not much clearance. Also at the drive-through-a-tree tourist trap, there were these little tree houses (above). I sat inside each in turn and I wished I was eight again and had one of these in my back yard. How cute is the little white bunny over the door of the one on the right? 
• In one of the redwood groves we stumbled upon a drum circle, and this is so cliche Northern California but it was actually really magical to be among these enormous ancient redwoods listening to drums. Amazingly cool

Hope everyone has a great week!

XO

Charles de Gaulle Airport

Really, without question the most beautiful airport ever. The architecture is so incredibly unique...curving and cement outside and then the inside, the ceilings in the concourses are this beautiful high arching wood, an enormous semicircle and the wood is weathered soft like wood patio furniture gets outdoors. Being in Charles de Gaulle is magical, even if you're just connecting and don't actually get to go to Paris. 

Posting this today because my BFF is in Paris this week for the first time. She is ultra-stylish and super fabulous, and Paris has been a life-long dream. So happy she's there. So jealous she's there.

XO Miss Danielle...hope you are having a fabulous time!

{Image Credit: donmcvey via Etsy.}