I'll echo -- you don't need to stop at Trees of Mystery or the like to see the Redwoods, if you're going anywhere near the Eureka -Crescent City area.

There are lots of places to see huge redwoods -- and even many of the campgrounds are located in second growth or older redwood groves. If I had to pick a couple of easy places to do..

Avenue of the giants works for driving through the trees, but my two other easy favorites are

- The Newton Drury Scenic Parkway -- a 2 lane fast route which parallels 101 through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. (this is north or Eureka, and south of Klamath).

- Lady Bird Grove in Redwoods National Park. This is about 3-5 miles from 101, and you really do need to get out of the car and take the short (1-2 mile) loop trail through it.