Petrified Forest of California: Exploring the Worlds Largest Petrified Trees

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The Petrified Forest is an amazing geological wonder, located in the northern part of the Napa Valley in the town of Calistoga. The forest features tons of massive trees that are millions of years old and were petrified through the eruption of Mount St Helena. These trees are unique to see and the one-mile trail takes you around to some of the largest ones. Here is all the information and let me know what you think in the comments.
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  • @liztury1434
    @liztury14343 жыл бұрын

    There’s always something to do in California. TFS

  • @RandomRabbit007

    @RandomRabbit007

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true. Nice roadtrips everywhere

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @Brollyssweetface
    @Brollyssweetface3 жыл бұрын

    1:53 Can you imagine being lost there at night and then seeing that? Lol

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha it would be creepy! 😂

  • @mikeholmes5824
    @mikeholmes58243 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you need to slow down. I'm retired and I still can't find the time to visit all the cool places you go. Keep it up, though, always interesting videos. Thanks.

  • @AScottB
    @AScottB8 ай бұрын

    Love this guy!! The information is always more important than the presenter. That’s humility and that deserves following. Subscribed!

  • @whittners
    @whittners3 жыл бұрын

    Aw, congrats on the little ones!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @fernandovargas2340
    @fernandovargas23403 жыл бұрын

    I have to admit that intro beat is sick!!!

  • @ashwinvasavada8401
    @ashwinvasavada84013 жыл бұрын

    Who knew there were so many interesting side trips around Napa. Thanks, guys!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea, it really is an amazing area even without the wine haha

  • @davidleomorley889
    @davidleomorley8893 жыл бұрын

    I hope you found the lost sock! Thanks again, I love your videos.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    The sock was actually in the car the whole time, gotta love twin life haha

  • @angiep7836
    @angiep78363 жыл бұрын

    omggg. Love seeing Aimee and the twins!! yayyyyyy

  • @1frogass1
    @1frogass13 жыл бұрын

    Great combination of information and cute baby shots.

  • @marciac7026
    @marciac70263 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know California has a petrified forest. Pretty area. I've visited the petrified forest in Arizona. The twins sure are growing and are the cutest. I enjoy your videos. Have a great week. 😊🌻

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea, the one in Arizona is the best but this one is pretty amazing as well!

  • @kevinychou
    @kevinychou3 жыл бұрын

    Very nice place for families with little kids!!

  • @rosew861
    @rosew8613 жыл бұрын

    Love it 😍 What an adorable family! Always love ur vlogs 🙌🏼

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @enriquehernandez1310
    @enriquehernandez13103 жыл бұрын

    Love it bro, you always give me good ideas for family trips.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it!

  • @michaelsimmons261
    @michaelsimmons2613 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful little family you have!!!

  • @tonymcbride4064
    @tonymcbride40643 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, you guys have such a great vibe!

  • @markyuen2312
    @markyuen23123 жыл бұрын

    Did you ever find that sock that your "Crew" lost? Maybe your kid was leaving his (or her) mark on the trail for future exploring.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha yep, it was actually in the car the whole time, parenting fail haha

  • @henryhawk978
    @henryhawk9783 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed!

  • @toshibavoodoo
    @toshibavoodoo3 жыл бұрын

    Very cool!!

  • @christiandoeman4599
    @christiandoeman4599 Жыл бұрын

    That was awesome🤯

  • @margaretr.4427
    @margaretr.44273 жыл бұрын

    I did not know this was in Ca, looks like a lovely place to spend some time exploring. Thank you!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    No problem, it is a cool spot!

  • @cgamiga
    @cgamiga3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for sharing the detailed adventures! Didn't quite make the forest last wine valley trip, enjoyed Bothe-Napa Valley State Park though, and we followed tons of your tips to LassenNP and MtShasta! Keep it up, thanks!!

  • @Whocares.........
    @Whocares.........3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Josh and Amy! Well done as usual. Rox

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Our pleasure!

  • @gawadeninad
    @gawadeninad3 жыл бұрын

    Always been you viewer to find new places. Congratulations on twins and good to see them with you guys on your journey :)

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! 😊

  • @debbiel7659
    @debbiel76593 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a great video! Sunny, and Jack are SO Cute!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! That is very kind. We think so too!

  • @neensjtdmv2249
    @neensjtdmv22493 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, beautiful places you are showing! Thanks for sharing!.. And your two beautiful, so cute babies...👌👍🙏🥰

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 🤗

  • @cmichaelhaugh8517
    @cmichaelhaugh85173 жыл бұрын

    Looks like fun

  • @brucecapucetti4710
    @brucecapucetti47103 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video great walk through and very informative thank you for all you do

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    No problem, thanks for watching!

  • @levilacelover5295
    @levilacelover52953 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @allengray568
    @allengray5683 жыл бұрын

    I really love your videos! I made it to California just once....I really need to get back there!

  • @stevencantrellzenroom7383
    @stevencantrellzenroom73833 жыл бұрын

    I love your family and your videos

  • @maryroberts3196
    @maryroberts31962 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this! I didn't know this even existed.

  • @christophersmith5849
    @christophersmith58492 жыл бұрын

    boss video, thank you

  • @Pixics
    @Pixics3 жыл бұрын

    Another place to put on my list.

  • @ahhitskatie9094
    @ahhitskatie90943 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Had no idea this was even in CA. What a beautiful area!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    It really is a beautiful area!

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi3 жыл бұрын

    Cool place 😎

  • @robbremault8145
    @robbremault81453 жыл бұрын

    Can you touch and feel any of the petrified trees to realize they are now rocks? I guess you can stick your hand through the mesh fence. Awesome!!!

  • @linhandcalvin7109
    @linhandcalvin71093 жыл бұрын

    Very nice video! Thank you for sharing. Hi, it's nice to meet you, your new friend here 😄

  • @BanjoZZZ
    @BanjoZZZ3 жыл бұрын

    TWO babies? I must have missed something!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha yep, twins!

  • @ojibwayinca8487
    @ojibwayinca84873 жыл бұрын

    Incredible. I'm in Sacramento and didn't know anything like this was so close. Definitely going to check it out. Thanks for the vid.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @Once800-

    @Once800-

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live even closer. I didn’t know it’s so close. Thought it was further up north.

  • @rupman27isback
    @rupman27isback3 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos and appreciate all of them but I'll probably pass on this one haha.

  • @josephregallis3394
    @josephregallis33943 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. I saw some petrified trees I think in Arizona many years ago but I'm not sure. Thanks.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea, the national park in Arizona is amazing for sure

  • @WATCHMENONTHEWALL00
    @WATCHMENONTHEWALL003 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Do you know when you will be posting your trip to Alaska

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Still working on it, it is a long one. I hope to have some stuff to post at the end of the month

  • @ilovesparky13

    @ilovesparky13

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@californiathroughmylens Looking forward to it! 😃

  • @tfcooks
    @tfcooks3 жыл бұрын

    Amy's Rolling Stones shirt rocks!

  • @AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise
    @AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise3 жыл бұрын

    Awww I remember my daddy taking us on a family road trip vacation an we stopped in Arizona an went to that peterfied forest on our way to the meteor Crater

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome! That is a super cool area to explore as well. We did that on Route 66

  • @jeanettewaverly2590
    @jeanettewaverly25903 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I lived in Saint Helena in the early 80s. Never heard of this. (Did you find the sock?)

  • @jchao617
    @jchao6172 жыл бұрын

    Finally get to see the kids =)

  • @Tom37323
    @Tom373233 жыл бұрын

    I was there in 1961 ... Wow, they haven't grown a bit ! Bad Grandpa joke. Thanks for the memory walk

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha! Love the joke

  • @Tom37323

    @Tom37323

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@californiathroughmylens The two armed oak at the entrance didn't have rot but its still there, and the tree within the Queen Tree is still there and hasn't grown much in 60 years.

  • @lesliehutchins3095
    @lesliehutchins30953 жыл бұрын

    Dang I just camped at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park and didn't even know this and the California old faithful were so close

  • @kathrynmercier4874

    @kathrynmercier4874

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha next time!

  • @hmwaklove
    @hmwaklove3 жыл бұрын

    Lucky you having twins :)

  • @angieba6600
    @angieba66003 жыл бұрын

    👍🏻😍

  • @nevadahiker6661
    @nevadahiker66613 жыл бұрын

    When you talked about the twin petrified trees at 4:40 I was expecting for you to throw a comment to your own twins!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    When I was editing that I was like “why didn’t i say something about this” haha

  • @2011woodlands
    @2011woodlands3 жыл бұрын

    A lot more shade there than the forest in Arizona.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is true, the Arizona one is pretty amazing though!

  • @vb50562
    @vb505623 жыл бұрын

    I think when you include the twins in the video it will include an interest from a larger audience base. So keep up the variety with the family with your dad also or just with you and your wife. Always enjoy your videos and travels keep up the good work

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Will do! I love having so many different people in the videos!

  • @robbremault8145
    @robbremault81453 жыл бұрын

    Did you find the other sock?

  • @RandallGove
    @RandallGove3 жыл бұрын

    Oh noooo. The sock elf attacks again!

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @unrulyjulie4382
    @unrulyjulie43823 жыл бұрын

    My husband and I have 2 sets of twin boys (28 and 25 yrs old). Get ready for the ride of your life and seriously reconsider having that next kid. It might be twins again! 😱

  • @123downtown123
    @123downtown123 Жыл бұрын

    Here are places we with waters that petrify in one year anything you hang in it's falls

  • @stargazer5073
    @stargazer50733 жыл бұрын

    Twins? Congrats

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @desertman3326
    @desertman33262 жыл бұрын

    I want to take my family there I just moved to Lincoln California outside Sacramento im from New Mexico

  • @mixeddrinks8100
    @mixeddrinks81003 жыл бұрын

    what happened to the lost sock? Is it just me or these petrified woods are not that colorful? Perhaps the tree type? the ones in petrified woods NP are much ore colorful.

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    We found it in the car haha parenting fail. Yea, I am not sure why they are not as colorful as the ones in Arizona but that is certainly true.

  • @keithjohnson5398
    @keithjohnson53983 жыл бұрын

    Find the sock?

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea, we found it in the car haha

  • @123downtown123
    @123downtown123 Жыл бұрын

    Trees will not grow out of stone,.....but they will from the roots of other trees

  • @tomstanley7568
    @tomstanley75682 жыл бұрын

    those are twigs compared to these kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2uC27KadqiXdrw.html

  • @123downtown123
    @123downtown123 Жыл бұрын

    Another lie we have been told is the length of time it takes to petrify something

  • @vochaalloy33
    @vochaalloy333 жыл бұрын

    Washing machines and walking trails always take your left sock. Grrrrr

  • @californiathroughmylens

    @californiathroughmylens

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha ain't that the truth!

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