Next door to the One-Log House is the Grandfather Tree, where you are welcomed by the traditional Northern Californian greeting by a viking.
![[Viking at Grandfather Tree]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/redwoods/redwoods_grandfather_viking.jpg "[Viking at Grandfather Tree]")
The Grandfather tree is 265 ft tall and 24 ft diameter.
![[Grandfather Tree]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/redwoods/redwoods_grandfather.jpg "[Grandfather Tree]")
That’s bigger than Melissa and I combined.
![[Treehuggers]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/redwoods/redwoods_grandfather_mel_jer.jpg "[Treehuggers]")
Odie found alternative accomodations if the One-Log House didn’t work out.
![[A Welcoming Soul]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/redwoods/redwoods_grandfather_teepee_odie.jpg "[A Welcoming Soul]")
But danger lurks around every corner!
![[Fear]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/redwoods/redwoods_grandfather_bear_odie.jpg "[Fear]")
Well worth the wait!!!!
what an awesome trio!