This tree has been left in its natural state, with mosses and weathering intact. The major redwood exhibits have been power-sprayed with water to restore the original pristine crystalline condition. Further past the shelter and down slope is the gulley tree, a series of broken fragments of an originally larger tree, this one a redwood. A modern analog of the petrified trees is visible through the woods, this one however has not been buried, so it will probably not be preserved. The trail climbs up to the right and enters into a meadow area surrounded by Manzanita.
Great wildflowers abound here in the spring.
An exhibit on the right describes the tuff and its origin as a cloud of gas glass and ash, sweeping down the side of a volcano flattening the trees in its path. Dark fragments of volcanic rock and glistening shards of volcanic glass are visible in the dominantly ash-rich rock. Another display on the left up the trail is a statue of PF Charlie and his mule, and a woodpile of petrified logs from around the property The Giant is the next tree, this one a handsome specimen of a redwood, with deeply furrowed bark. This is an extinct close cousin of present giants living in the coast ranges. Now 60' long and 6' in diameter, it must have been much larger originally, because of the 3' thickness at the top.