Meandering up the northern coast of California are several pockets of old growth redwoods, relics from a time when the mountains were cloaked in these massive trees. They lay undiscovered until later in the 1800s when logging devoured much of our state’s forests. At the same time, people were beginning to recognize the importance of land preservation and Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, tucked into a small valley north of Guerneville, is the story of a lumberman’s vision.