Hi dswigle! My name is Kevin and I pretty much lived in Shasta County, California for most of my life. Born in Oklahoma but moved here when I was a month old. Lived in Eureka, which is just south of Redwood National Park, for a couple years in my early 20s. Just had visited park and a nearby state park recently. Never really spent time out of Northern California besides spending about a month at my dad's house in Arkansas. Been trapped here since 2009 when I got to go the San Juan Islands in Washington. I do go up to the mountains occasionally. The Cascade range to the north and east is really just volcanic mountains. The Klamath to the west and Sierra Nevada to the southeast is more rugged and less volcanic like. I spend a lot time outdoors, maybe post some of my adventures in the upcoming days.